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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.
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Costly Energy
Why Oil and Gas Prices Are Rising and What We Can Do About It Download 658.31 KB50 pages
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Environmental tax shifting cannot replace regulation
New CCPA report offers a framework for evaluating environmental taxes and cautions against using tax shifting as a panacea CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL…
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Shifting Ground
A CCPA-BC Policy Brief on the Potential and Limitations of Environmental Tax Shifting Download 228.33 KB20 pages
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BC forest industry needs to do more with its wood
In the last two weeks, three news stories on BC’s forest industry told a pretty compelling story about the state of the industry and its…
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Follow the Money
Understanding the Crisis in BC’s Resource Sector Download 616.39 KB48 pages
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Lessons to learn from BC’s resource crisis
It has been said that those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. After the crisis in BC’s resource sectors during…
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Crisis in BC’s resource sectors driven mainly by global factors
New CCPA study highlights failure of resource corporations to adequately invest in the province CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The BC Office…
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Preventing future Gold Rivers requires thinking outside the box
When the workers at the ill-fated Gold River pulp mill took their severance packages last week, it marked closure on a frustrating struggle to save…
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Cutting Costs
The Politics of Trees and Fees in BC Download 262.53 KB17 pages
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Environmental Sustainability, Growth, and the Future of Jobs
A Debate Between Cliff Stainsby and Andrew Jackson Download 174.47 KB 19 pages
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