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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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Tackling poverty in BC: Celebrating how far we’ve come and looking ahead
As I flipped my calendar over to a new year, I thought about the work the current provincial government has done: 2018 was a year…
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This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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Expand climate action initiatives to reflect the urgency of the crisis
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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Budget 2019: Strengthening public education vital after years of chronic underfunding
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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Accelerate investment in public transit
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment
Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways…
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Through the front door, then the back: How government methodically killed environmental oversight of major gas industry projects
Few regulations in British Columbia have died as quick and ignoble a death as a 2014 Order in Council exempting proposed natural gas plants from…
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Investment needed for dedicated affordable housing
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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Review and reform natural resource revenues
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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TimberWest forestry operations destabilizing Vancouver Island communities
TimberWest is consistently one of the top exporters of raw, unprocessed logs from British Columbia’s coastal forests. The company also has growing ties with Island…
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How (and how much) doctors are paid: why it matters
How we pay doctors through our public health system is an important issue that receives little public scrutiny, despite the fact that physician compensation represents…
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Priorities and funding for health care in BC
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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