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The myth of the left-wing CBC
To anybody following CBC TV’s news and current affairs over the past five years, it’s no surprise that far from tilting leftward, the Mother Corp…
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Inequality undermines collective action on climate change
Much has been written of late about the costs of inequality — the social and health costs, the costs to democracy and social cohesion, and…
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From Bad to Worse — The Latest in BC Energy Policy
It is, I suppose, not surprising that the government would step in and effectively terminate the BC Utilities Commission’s hearing on BC Hydro’s rates. The…
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A decade of eroding tax fairness in BC demands progressive tax reform
Most British Columbians would agree that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes. And most assume that the wealthy pay more, not only in…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2012, Volume 15, Number 2 Download 1.1 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Enbridge pipe dreams and nightmares by Marc Lee What are the alternatives…
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So why is all the good writing on privatization of liquor distribution in the business press?
Privatization of government assets is always a controversial subject. One side says the genius of the marketplace will cut costs and improve efficiency. The other…
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De-growth or growth? Maybe we don’t need to figure that out
There has recently been a renewed interest in the question of whether the ecological crisis means we need to see (or plan for) a stabilization…
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Moving Towards Climate Justice, Overcoming Barriers to Change: Seth Klein’s speech to the Institute for New Economic Thinking
CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein speaks at the annual meeting of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (an international gathering of leading economists) in Berlin. His…
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Moving Towards Climate Justice: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
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Overcoming climate despair: We are the U-turn generation
This week, federal Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan released a disheartening report, slamming the Harper government for having no plan to meet is own 2020 greenhouse…
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BC’s P3s promise “eye-watering” profits” for private investors. And more of them coming
Two stories that came out on the same day last week should raise concerns about where the BC government continues to go with public private…
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Climate change will shape BC in 2035, one way or another
We live on a different planet from the one our parents grew up on, says environmentalist Bill McKibben. Climate change from our rampant combustion of…
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