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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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In defence of BC’s new “speculation” tax
Among the housing measures announced in BC Budget 2018, the new speculation tax has caused the most uproar. Some of this stems from a lack…
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CCPA–BC Submission on the Development of a BC Poverty Reduction Plan
Download 1.88 MB4 pages This submission was made to the BC government to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding the development of a British Columbia Poverty…
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Do you want a more transparent, accountable government? Tell them so!
The story goes that Franklin Delano Roosevelt once met with a group of activists who wanted bold action. He listened and then said, “You’ve convinced…
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A missed opportunity to help people with disabilities: BC Budget 2018
I approached BC’s February budget full of hope. It was the first full budget by an NDP government in 17 years and had been hyped…
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Letter in response to the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Review
Download 643.19 KB21 pages This letter was submitted to the BC Ministry of Cititzens’ Services in response to their 2018 consultation on FOI reform. *This…
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Technology is changing how we work. How this affects workers is up to us.
While many workers of my parents’ generation expected to spend their entire careers in a permanent full-time job with one or two employers, young workers today…
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Relax. Employer health taxes haven’t sunk businesses in other provinces
The cries of concern from some are startling, but BC is only catching up to the rest of the country by eliminating the Medical Services…
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Seven ways to grow BC’s co-op sector
On May 17, 2017, some 36 representatives from British Columbia’s co-operative (or ‘co-op’) sector met to share ideas about how to grow the sector, to…
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Everything you wanted to know about the housing taxes and expenditures in BC Budget 2018
BC Budget 2018 was billed to have major investments in housing, and did not disappoint. Indeed, the surprise of the Budget was just how far…
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Western Canada needs real climate action, not disingenuous arguments
In Western Canada’s slow lurch towards sane climate and energy policy, two prominent arguments have been advanced for the continuation of business-as-usual for the fossil…
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Fresh from the lockup: Highlights of BC’s action-packed budget 2018
BC Budget 2018 includes major new investments in child care, housing and infrastructure combined with significant improvements in tax fairness. This budget—the new provincial government’s…
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Budget 2018: Major investments in child care and affordable housing welcome
Commitments still needed for climate change and poverty reduction VICTORIA—Significant investments in child care and affordable housing in today’s budget will greatly improve the lives…
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