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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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Public funding for B.C.’s private schools is indefensible
Public school funding, as a share of GDP, is declining. Why is the provincial government still funding private schools?
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B.C. budget’s hidden austerity and tax increases put fiscal burden on low-income households
BC’s Finance Minister says “this is not an austerity budget.” Let’s look at the numbers and see for ourselves.
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BC Hydro’s draft Integrated Resources Plan and the future of energy policy in BC
The utility’s plan fails to address large new sources of demand and broader climate goals
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Seniors’ care needs a boost in the BC budget
Private-pay long-term care in BC is growing faster than public care—and it’s costing seniors and their families
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BC residents have shrinking access to family doctors, despite more doctors
Primary care access is declining in BC. With a new provincial budget on the way, how has spending on doctors affected it?
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Anatomy of a housing downturn: What’s happening in BC and what’s next?
For more than a decade, housing has dominated BC’s public conversation due to surging prices for home ownership and tight rental housing markets. Now, real…
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How’s the BC economy holding up in the face of the Trump trade war?
President Trump’s tariff and trade policies dominated the world’s political discourse through 2025. In a recent article,Stuart Trew and I reviewed the different tariffs and…
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The Alberta-Canada MOU is an early Christmas present for the oil and gas industry
A detailed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the federal and Alberta governments, released late November, looks like a political game-changer but is most likely an…
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Not a good look: BC’s new environmentally destructive economic plan
After factoring key infrastructure challenges, inflation and the potential for delays and cost overruns, it becomes highly unlikely that the project can be delivered within…
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Elbows Up Economic Summit
Donald Trump’s trade war and other attacks on Canadian sovereignty have exposed the vulnerabilities of Canada’s economy, 35 years after our first free trade deal…
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Op-ed: Pipeline politics won’t save us from Trump’s economic threats
The federal and provincial governments are scrambling to shield Canada’s economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade tantrum. But that effort is being hijacked…
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We are health care workers. We’re already seeing the impacts of climate inaction
The summer of 2025 will be remembered in Canada as the year that wildfires threatened our health and our homes, from coast to coast to…
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