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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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2019 Rosenbluth Lecture Recap: David Green on Basic Income
David Green, Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate with the CCPA-BC, gave the eighth annual…
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Federal election: What’s in it for BC?
Let’s step back from the national big picture for a moment and take a look at some key issues that matter for BC. Many issues…
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BC should think twice before opening its doors to multinational ride-hailing corporations
Last year, the BC government introduced legislation expected to bring ride-hailing to the province, but many questions remain about what that will look like in…
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Plotting a course to net zero? Climate and energy policy in the 2019 election
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Housing platforms in the 2019 federal election
Across the country, the lack of affordable housing is a top of mind concern for most Canadians in 2019. The run-up in housing prices in…
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Platform crunch: Comparing housing platforms in the 2019 federal election
Across the country, the lack of affordable housing is a top of mind concern for most Canadians in 2019.
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Response to Uber and Lyft’s applications to the BC Passenger Transportation Board
Download 415.13 KB10 pages In 2018 the BC government introduced legislation expected to bring ride-hailing to the province, but many questions remain about what that…
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Yep, it’s gouging: What we learned from the BCUC gas prices inquiry and what’s next
The BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) inquiry into gas prices delivered its bombshell final report on August 30. Among its key findings: at least 13 cents…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
September 2019 Download 2.3 MB12 pages In this issue: Jason Kenney’s deleted fossil fuel research funding tweet How our analysis impacted the call for the…
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This Labour Day, fruit pickers in BC may have been denied minimum wage
While many British Columbians and visitors may have enjoyed late summer produce like apples, peaches and plums this Labour Day weekend, the workers who pick…
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Who owns it? The democratic socialist debate Canada should be having this election
We live in an era of extreme inequality of wealth and power across much of the developed world, and Canada is no exception. Public confidence…
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BC’s Oil and Gas Commission: a captured regulator
Industry demands trump public interest British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission bears many of the hallmarks of a captured regulator. Too often, the interests of…
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