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Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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Bioenergy – Catching on like a house on fire or set for slow burn?
As the global economic meltdown and in particular the US housing market collapse continues to savage BC lumber producers, government leaders boldly predict that wood-fired…
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UN raps our housing record
In mid February, a report was released that received very little attention, but should have: The report of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s…
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New CCPA study finds growing inequality and declining family incomes in BC
Yesterday the CCPA released a new study on family income inequality in BC by yours truly, which reveals some disturbing statistics about family incomes over…
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First Nations as forest partners may be Roundtable’s most significant recommendation
There’s plenty to be concerned about with the recommendations emanating from the Working Roundtable on Forestry – an open door for raw log exports, diminished…
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My “Universal Child Care Benefit” has evaporated to a parallel universe
I just got a letter from my daughter’s daycare that her monthly fees are going up again next month. They will now be $700. When…
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Majority of BC families can’t get ahead: study reveals 30-year decline in incomes for all but the richest
(Vancouver) A new study reveals that BC’s poor and middle class families are in worse financial shape than their parents’ generation. The study, released today…
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Most BC families are vulnerable as we head into a recession
Many people think that our province’s economic woes are just beginning. But in fact, even before the current recession started, most BC families were falling…
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Nailing down homeless targets
Kudos to BC’s Auditor General for his report on homelessness last week. John Doyle’s report raised numerous concerns, including that the provincial government lacks solid…
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Pining for some straight talk
BC Forests Minister Pat Bell grabbed plenty of headlines this week when he said that the threats posed to resource communities by the mountain pine…
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IWD commitments on my wish list
With International Women’s Day on the horizon this weekend, I’m looking for some commitments. Women are over-represented in low-wage work. So which party in the…
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And Another Thing About the Port Mann non-P3
Now that the government has abandoned private financing of the Port Mann, it’s time to make the bigger but equally sensible leap and abandon the…
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