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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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The New Climate Denialism: Time for an intervention
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BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Fall 2016, Volume 19, Number 3 Download 1.45 MB8 pages Inside this issue: We can fix Vancouver’s broken housing market, by Marc Lee Working for…
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It should be enough to know that it is the right thing to do. We should support foster youth in their transition to adulthood—youth for…
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An increase so small it keeps minimum wage workers in poverty
Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much…
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Rising housing prices fuel the growing gap
Vancouver is now a “city of millionaires”, according to Environics’ 2016 Wealthscapes report: In B.C., the red-hot real estate market fueled a rise in average net worth,…
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It’s time for a meaningful increase to BC’s minimum wage
Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much…
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The fifth annual Welfare Food Challenge is coming up
The 2016 Welfare Food Challenge—in which participants spend one week eating only what can be purchased with the money a welfare recipient receives—is coming up on October 16th.…
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Denham goes to Britain – and takes some BC freedom of information issues with her
Elizabeth Denham—British Columbia’s former Information and Privacy Commissioner, who aggressively pushed freedom of information and privacy issues here—is now doing a similar job in the United…
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Potential profits big enough to justify a massive lawsuit: 6 things you should know about the Cambie trial
The biggest constitutional trial “perhaps ever” in Canada is now in court. The future of our publicly funded health care system is at stake. Putting…
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5 reasons why private surgeries won’t shorten waits in the public system
After years of delay, Dr. Brian Day’s case against the BC Government is now being heard in BC Supreme Court. Day and his private for-profit…
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Eliminating unfair MSP premiums doesn’t have to be complicated
In an interview with Vaughn Palmer earlier this summer, the Premier confirmed her government has changed its tune on the Medical Services Plan (MSP) tax,…
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Privatizing public infrastructure is enormously costly. Let’s not repeat the mistake.
An announcement is expected next week on a plan for the long-awaited Victoria wastewater treatment plant, which has been the subject of ongoing controversy about…
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