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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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The federal government could make real progress on housing affordability
Federal cabinet ministers are meeting in Charlottetown to discuss the housing crisis
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Housing lessons from Singapore
Could Singapore, a city-state of 5.5 million across the ocean in Asia, hold the key to BC’s housing future? On a recent trade mission to…
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The Energy Action Framework and BC’s carbon crossroads revisited
Since first starting down the pathway of climate action in 2007, the BC government has both developed policies to reduce carbon emissions domestically while simultaneously…
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That 70s show: The evolution of income inequality in Canada
This brief looks at the evolution of inequality going back to 1976. Drawing on Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey, it reviews changes in the…
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BC First Nation logs almost all of its treaty lands, leaving behind lots of stumps and questions
In just three years, much of the McLeod Lake Indian Band’s treaty lands were stripped of their bountiful and exceedingly valuable trees in a…
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Landmark health care case spotlights problems of a profit-centred system
In April, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear a case involving the constitutionality of legal limits on private finance in health care. A…
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Our recommendations for the 2024 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2024 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
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Open letter on regulating platform work from BC experts in labour law, policy and economics
The following is an open letter released today led by the CCPA–BC and the Centre for Future Work. It is signed by 61 leading experts…
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61 BC experts in labour law, policy and economics urge the BC government to bolster protections for platform-based workers
VANCOUVER — Amid the rapid surge of BC’s gig or “platform-based” economy, 61 leading experts in labour law, policy and economics are urgently calling on…
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BC’s Housing Supply Act could help break housing gridlock
As the housing crisis continues apace, the BC government is moving ahead with implementation of the Housing Supply Act, passed in November. This is good…
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The Bank of Canada’s obsession with interest rate hikes is hurting households: How did we get here and what are the alternatives?
The Bank of Canada’s June decision to raise its overnight, or policy, interest rate to 4.75% is predicated on cooling an overly strong economy afflicted…
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Budget 2023: a risky bet on cleaner capitalism
The 2023 federal budget goes puts the market at the forefront of climate solutions—at our own peril
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