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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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Shielding fossil fuel corporations from public scrutiny: The new “neutral”?
British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office bills itself as a “neutral” provincial agency. But there is evidence that this is not the case, and that BC…
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The power of ideas and research: A note from CCPA-BC’s incoming Director
I first encountered the CCPA when I was a university student trying to make sense of the world and my place in it. I’d moved…
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The BC government has brought forward legislation to implement one of its major policy measures on housing: the speculation tax. In a defence of the tax earlier this…
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Who owns and benefits from Canada’s fossil fuel sector?
Many Canadians—politicians and business people in particular—are quick to tout the value of the fossil fuel sector to our national economy. But who primarily benefits…
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Dangerous precedent: Petronas subsidiary gets free pass after building unlicensed fracking dams
In a decision without precedent in its 25 years of existence, British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has told Progress Energy that two massive unauthorized…
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Getting to pro rep: How I plan to rank the options
Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…
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Who Owns Canada’s Fossil-Fuel Sector?
Mapping the network of ownership and control Download 1.43 MB48 pages This study shows that substantial ownership and strategic control over Canada’s fossil-fuel sector are…
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Who Owns and Benefits from Canada’s Fossil-Fuel Sector?
Many Canadians – politicians and business people in particular – are quick to tout the value of the fossil-fuel sector to our national economy. But…
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Canada’s fossil-fuel sector controlled by a few major players—including the five big banks, new study shows
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – The major investors in Canada’s fossil-fuel sector have high stakes in maintaining business as usual rather than addressing…
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Pro rep will indeed mean more minority governments — bring it on!
Debunking the claims of proportional representation naysayers This post is part of a series explaining the benefits of proportional representation and debunking myths from the…
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Designated Indigenous seats: A possibility for political inclusion?
As the Federal Court of Appeal’s quashing of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) showcases, a wide chasm remains between the federal government’s platitudes of…
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Housing platforms and platitudes in the 2018 Vancouver election
It should be no surprise that Vancouver’s growing housing affordability crisis is the top issue going into the election. All candidates are in favour of…
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