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A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Resource Economics Project (BC)
Investing causes of social and environmental insecurity in resource-dependent communities
The B.C. Office’s Resource Economics Project is a special research desk staffed by award-winning journalist and researcher Ben Parfitt. This environmental justice initiative looks into the causes of economic and social insecurity in B.C.’s resource-dependent communities. It offers policy solutions aimed at meeting the joint challenges of environmental sustainability, jobs and social justice.
In February 2025, the CCPA closed its BC Office. However, most of the people formerly associated with the BC Office are continuing their work at a new organization—BC Policy Solutions. An amicable separation agreement has been reached between the two organizations, and we encourage people to continue to support the good work of both the CCPA and BC Policy Solutions. The CCPA continues to ensure the voices and concerns of British Columbians are included in its national independent research, analysis and expertise and BC Policy Solutions continues to support the CCPA’s important research work on issues affecting all Canadians.
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Climate change means new deal needed for resource workers: study
(Vancouver) Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a study that examines what transition away from fossil fuels means for workers—and their families…
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Making a Just Transition
The steady stream of bad news from Alberta’s oil patch is a potent reminder of the boom-and-bust nature of being a resource commodity exporter. It’s…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2015, Volume 18, Number 1 Download 1.26 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time for BC to start preparing for climate migration: A question of…
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Now is exactly the right time to regulate oil and gas
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Yes Mr. Harper It Is A Sociological Phenomenon
This piece originally appeared on Blogging for Equality. Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights Issues Breakthrough Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls The Inter‑American…
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Denying inequality is a problem for Canada won’t make it go away
Jock Finlayson’s article “Income inequality not a problem in Canada” misses the point. Just because inequality in Canada is somewhat lower than in the U.S.…
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13 years on, BC Finance Ministry finds big problems with its public private partnership program
The BC Finance Ministry has produced a report much more critical of Partnerships BC and its activities around public private partnerships (P3s) than might have…
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Ontario Auditor breaks new ground with review of public private partnerships methodology: BC Auditor says maybe, sometime
Last month Ontario’s Auditor General issued her annual report. One of her targets was Ontario’s use of public private partnerships to build public infrastructure. As…
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CCPA-BC submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health
How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? Download 768.64 KB 27 pages The BC Office of…
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‘Tis the Season to Rethink Our Charitable Giving
It’s December, the season for charitable giving. Wherever you turn you see boxes and bins collecting non-perishable food items for the local food bank or…
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Latest poverty stats show BC still has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada
The latest poverty statistics were released by Statistics Canada last Wednesday, and the data once again shows that British Columbia has one of the highest…
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