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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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Reconciliation in action?
Far from it, says chief of holdout First Nation over deal with province on Site C In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was…
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Shortchanging public sector workers is bad for BC
Public sector workers are in the midst of difficult contract negotiations with the BC government. The workers are reportedly asking for wages to keep up…
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Our recommendations for the 2023 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2023 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
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The sound of silence
Weeks stretch to months, months to years as BC government clamps down on information When debate on the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy…
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Government to investigate deadly landslide
Months after five killed, experts to determine if failed logging road caused fatal mudslide Seven months after a mudslide killed five people on Highway 99,…
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Anticlimactic and anti-climate: BC’s oil and gas royalty review
The BC government’s recently completed review of its royalty regime for oil and gas is both anticlimactic and anti-climate. After many months of public engagement—including…
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The rising cost of living in BC: What’s going on and how should we respond?
The cost of living is going up and is putting strains on household finances. BC’s headline inflation rate hit 6.7% in April, measured by the…
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Opening the floodgates
More than climate crisis behind last November’s rising waters, death and destruction; experts urge province to make course correction First of Two Parts When Premier…
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A deadly wake-up call
In aftermath of a landslide that killed five, experts say government must act now to avoid more “preventable” deaths Second of Two Parts (read the…
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More potentially fatal landslides and severe flooding ahead unless BC government enacts major reforms, experts warn
VANCOUVER — Several engineers and geoscientists say some of the worst flooding and landslides in BC last November were in valleys with land disturbances related…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
Download 1.39 MB12 pages In this issue: The Numbers Game: What happened to those 114,000 new affordable homes in BC BC needs a public intercity transportation service…
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The need for affordable child care
Canada is at a game changing moment when it comes to child care. Historic federal funding agreements with provinces and territories now support a vision…
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