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The BC government released a discussion paper a few months ago on a relatively new policy tool: environmental tax shifting. The paper was intended to…

A CCPA-BC Policy Brief on the Potential and Limitations of Environmental Tax Shifting Download 228.33 KB20 pages

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…

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa) Federal-provincial negotiations to expand the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) should be stopped, according to a briefing…

(Vancouver) On the eve of the World March of Women and a conference on women’s economic security co-hosted by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Women’s Equality…

Introduction The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to producing and promoting economic and social policy research of…

Fall 2000, Volume 3, Number 4 Download 254.67 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Farms and the Future of Food in BC Hunger, Poverty and Food…

On October 15, women, children and men will take to the streets in more than 140 countries in the World March of Women. Marchers will…

Training Women and First Nations on the Vancouver Island Highway – A Model for Large-Scale Construction Projects Download 188.1 KB17 pages

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The face of labour is changing, and the Vancouver Island Highway Project offers a Labour Day lesson…
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