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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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Spending What it Takes
Transformational climate investments for long-term prosperity in Canada Download 1.08 MB34 pages The world is confronted with a slew of accelerating and converging crises, from…
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New report: Canada isn’t spending what it takes to succeed in the global shift to a clean economy; Budget 2023 must include ambitious climate investment plan
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023 For Canada to compete in the global clean economy, the…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office (Jan. 2023)
Download 2.16 MB12 pages Housing, food and transportation costs drive living wage increases across BC Living wage news coverage reaches millions BC private schools to…
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Will 2023 be the year BC farmworkers finally receive basic minimum wage protections?
The majority of BC households are stressed because of debt and inflation. It’s even worse for one group of farmworkers who, legally, may earn less…
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Counting the Costs and Contradictions of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Canada’s uneasy relationship between climate change and fossil fuel development was illustrated in November 2021 when seven atmospheric rivers hit southern BC. The “big one”…
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David Eby’s chance to change the game on housing
With a new premier at the helm, the BC government has an opportunity to shift its housing policy into high gear. One of the most…
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Swimming against the tide
The challenge of higher interest rates and high household debt The run-up of interest rates since March, led by the Bank of Canada in a…
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Severe climate events cost BC economy billions more than reported estimates
Caroline and Paul Mosterman have seen their share of unusual weather in four-plus decades of farming. But nothing comes remotely close to what they experienced…
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A Climate Reckoning
The economic costs of BC’s extreme weather in 2021 Download 1.48 MB56 pages BC’s severe climate events in 2021 cost the province’s economy billions more…
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Severe climate events cost BC economy billions more than widely reported estimates, study finds
VANCOUVER — The costs to British Columbia’s economy from last year’s unprecedented heat dome, horrific wildfires, widespread flooding and crippling landslides could be more than…
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Living wage increases highlight urgent need to expand government efforts on housing affordability
Affordability has long been a concern for residents of Metro Vancouver—a region notorious for stratospheric housing costs—but with inflation shooting up to a 40-year high…
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Inflation, soaring living costs cause unprecedented increase in Metro Vancouver living wage
Living wages increase across BC due to 40-year inflation high & rising costs of living, especially housing CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER…
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