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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 BC government recently introduced legislation that allows a majority of workers in a workplace to organize a union a little more easily, making it…
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Health care spending falls short in 2022 federal budget
Marjorie Cohen will deliver the CCPA–BC’s 2022 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture on September 14, 2022 at 4:00pm PT. This free lecture will be held on…
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Canada’s muddled month of climate action: CCPA’s climate plan and budget analysis
The new era of climate ambition looks a lot like the old era of climate foot-dragging
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Financing public housing: how a massive expansion of rental homes can literally pay for itself
In the face of a mounting housing crisis, what if BC could massively increase public investment in below-market rental housing—and if that upfront investment could…
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Employment rights justice denied to thousands of BC Workers
For decades, the BC Employment Standards Branch has not effectively enforced the Employment Standards Act, meaning thousands of workers are denied their legal rights, a…
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The last of the green gold: With the best trees gone and revenues plummeting, what’s next?
Last year, as hundreds of protesters were arrested at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island for trying to stop logging of old-growth forests, the BC government…
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Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
VANCOUVER — The BC government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the …
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BC needs a public intercity transportation service
Northern British Columbia is a vast, rugged, mostly mountainous area roughly the size of France. In winter, its two-lane public highways often get hit with…
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The Revolving Door: Troubling questions raised as BC’s chief forester prepares to work for global wood pellet giant, Drax
At mid-afternoon on Monday (April 4), senior staff at British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests were told that one of their highest-ranking members—the province’s chief forester,…
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Freedom of information review: how to fix a broken system
A lot of people don’t trust their governments these days. One of the things that undermines trust in government is when people don’t think government…
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Submission to the Special Committee to Review the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Download 424.74 KB23 pages British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy system is in trouble. Through changes made by judicial decisions and by…
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Over a barrel: The case for a windfall profits tax to address surging gasoline prices
Do you support a windfall profits tax on oil and gas corporations? Let us know at the bottom of this article and sign up to…
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