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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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Small steps on affordable housing: A look at the new federal and Vancouver plans
In November 2017 two important new efforts to address the crisis of affordable housing were delivered a day apart: a National Housing Strategy (NHS) tabled…
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Glacial pace of governments out of sync with fentanyl crisis
British Columbia is experiencing the worst opioid overdose crisis in its history. By October 31st, the BC Coroners Service reported that 1208 people had died…
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Numerous unlicensed dams found structurally unsound; remediation orders issued
More than half of nearly 50 dams that fossil fuel companies built in recent years without first obtaining the proper permits had serious structural problems…
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7 recommendations to shape electoral reform in BC
The CCPA-BC sent the following submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback on key elements of the upcoming referendum on electoral…
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Asking British Columbians about electoral reform
CCPA-BC submission on the electoral reform process Download 1.8 MB6 pages The CCPA-BC sent this submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback…
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Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that…
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Study confirms what parents suspect: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child care
A report released by our National Office this week confirms what many parents already know: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child…
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Canada is still a rogue state on climate change
It has now been two years since world leaders created the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. At those meetings, the Canadian delegation joined a broad…
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Newly disclosed data shows need for inquiry into fracking
In May 2014, British Columbia’s then Minister of Natural Gas Development, Rich Coleman, came out swinging when a team of Canadian and American scientists issued…
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The urgent need for a full Public Inquiry into fracking in BC
Group letter to John Horgan and Michelle Mungall Honourable John Horgan, BC Premier, and Honourable Michelle Mungall, BC Minister for Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources…
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Inclusive growth and the future of work: A recap of our 2017 Rosenbluth Lecture with Armine Yalnizyan
This year, the CCPA-BC’s annual Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial lecture featured one of Canada’s leading progressive economists, Armine Yalnizyan, who shared some insights on the changing…
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Housing crisis worse: Former UN special rapporteur Miloon Kothari revisits Vancouver
As the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing from 2000 to 2008, Miloon Kothari observed the failure of market-based approaches to…
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