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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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Fire the Auditor General for Local Government? It’ll cost us
When BC Community Minister Coralee Oakes fired the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) last week the issue that had been in the news was…
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Transit referendum: if no vote wins, what is Plan B?
I got my plebiscite ballot today and of course voted yes. Whatever you think of TransLink management, its governance, the rough and largely undefined edges…
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Seniors have major stake in transit referendum: Access to transportation a key factor for health, wellbeing
By Shannon Daub, Co-Director of the CCPA-BC’s Seniors Project, and Sandra (Sandy) James LEED AP MCIP CCPI, Director, Walk Metro Vancouver Society Between now and…
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BC minimum wage increase leaves workers in poverty
After close to three years of no change, the BC minimum wage was overdue for an increase. But the measly raise announced today falls far…
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Don’t pit generations against each other in transit referendum
The Georgia Straight published a column yesterday by Charlie Smith claiming that “selfish old people” will vote “no” in the upcoming transit referendum, depriving younger…
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A YES to new transit and transportation funding will benefit lower-income households
A choice is before us. Metro Vancouver’s upcoming transportation referendum is a rare opportunity to significantly enhance transit services, boost local employment and tackle climate…
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Apples and oranges: Comparing BC and Ontario debt ratios
The February 18, 2015 edition of the Globe and Mail featured an article by the paper’s B.C. correspondent Gary Mason, which in part drew favourable…
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Why we’re voting YES to new transit and transportation funding
A primer on the Metro Vancouver referendum Download 700.04 KB7 pages In mid-March, residents of Metro Vancouver will receive mail ballots giving them a chance…
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BC Budget 2015: Missed opportunity for climate change action
Global warming and the other ecological impacts of climate change threaten our health—our very survival. As the impacts of climate change unfold, society will face…
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BC Budget 2015 confirms it: we can afford the $10aDay Child Care Plan
Budget 2015 clearly shows that BC can afford to start implementing the $10aDay Child Care Plan now – and it can choose to do so…
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The early and fatal undermining of TransLink
Pete McMartin wrote an excellent column in the Vancouver Sun documenting the many ways that the provincial government has undermined TransLink. The upcoming referendum isn’t the…
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BC Budget 2015 snapshot: More revenue from MSP, tuition, but less money for public services
One way to measure a government’s commitment to public services is to see what percentage of the province’s wealth (GDP) the government spends on these…
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