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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
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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It’s not just about size: what makes up our tax bill matters
The Fraser Institute and the CCPA do not typically see eye to eye, but they seem to agree that personal income taxes take up a…
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Are Canadians paying too much in taxes?
It’s tax season and people are looking more closely at their incomes and the amount of taxes they pay. The Fraser Institute released their annual…
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Site C
I recall talking to a senior BC Hydro planner a number of years ago who mapped out a very sensible way to develop the BC…
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Message to school boards: Shut the hell up
The punch may have landed on the Vancouver School Board but make no mistake; BC Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid just took a swing at every…
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Legislative watch dogs get “reviewed.” Is there a leash in their future?
For some reason it makes me nervous when I hear that people who sometimes make life difficult for the government are being “reviewed.” And it…
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Income Taxes are a steal: Seth’s tax confessions
I just did my taxes this weekend, and I’m wracked with guilt. Personally, I’ve never found completing my taxes particularly onerous. It takes me a…
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Vancouver’s poverty rate leads country
Thanks to Jean Swanson for drawing to my attention a new report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities called Mending Canada’s frayed social safety net:…
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Tax cuts don’t make up for BC’s low minimum wages
Responding to news of Ontario’s latest minimum wage increase (to $10.25 per hour), BC’s labour minister Murray Coell held firm on his government’s commitment to…
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BC’s minimum wage is now 22% lower than Ontario’s
Today, thousands of low wage workers in Ontario are getting a raise of 75 cent per hour, as the province’s minimum wage goes up to…
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Keeping emissions underground
I was intrigued by a quote in a recent Globe Foundation report on BC’s green economy that BC has 1000 trillion cubic feet of natural…
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In defense of the stimulus
Earlier this week, the Fraser Institute published a controversial report which argued that the government stimulus did not do much for economic growth in the…
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The role of stimulus spending in the recovery
Yesterday, the Fraser Institute published a new report, which argues that the government stimulus did not drive Canadian economic growth in the last two quarters…
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