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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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Christy’s HST “fix”: politics trumps good policy
This is no way to make tax policy. Wednesday’s proposed reforms to the HST provide yet more evidence that what we really need is a…
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BC to Raise Corporate Taxes
Amazingly, BC’s government has joined its official opposition in proposing to restore the provincial corporate income tax rate from 10% to 12%. The same government that cut…
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Why I’m voting against the HST: It fails the test of fairness
Reluctantly (and pending significant reforms in the next few weeks), I’ll be voting against the HST this June. It’s a difficult decision (and indeed some…
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British Columbia Auditor finds costly failings in Province’s first hospital P3
A new report by British Columbia’s Auditor General has debunked nearly every benefit claimed so far for public private partnerships (P3s). The Auditor General’s report…
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Have we completely bought the idea that “There Is No Alternative”?
Once again, over the last few weeks Canadians have had energy costs on our minds. Prices at the pump rocketed up to nearly $1.50, while…
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Memo to the new premier: here’s what putting families first should look like
Dear Premier Clark, Congratulations on your new job. It’s wonderful that your new government will be “putting families first.” And we were heartened to hear…
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On the Forest Fire Front Line: One Ecologist’s Take on What it Will Take to Safeguard Communities
With one of the colder springs on record, many British Columbians quite naturally yearn for a good stretch of warm, dry weather. But for many…
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Thousands more millionaires in Canada
In case you were worried, the Financial Post reports that “new wealth” will continue to be generated in Canada and be one of the developed countries…
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Open government a Cabinet secret declares BC Minister
I love reading Estimates debates in the legislature. It is a rare opportunity for Opposition critics to grill their assigned Cabinet Ministers at length. Sometimes…
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Lessons for Ottawa from Victoria, Lessons for Victoria from Ottawa
Many Canadians have expressed fear about what our new national government, a majority elected by a 39% minority, will do now that it has four…
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BQ demise a big loss
We have a lost a lot with the demise of the Bloc Quebecoise as a significant presence in Parliament. Social policy in Quebec has been…
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Inventory of BC’s forests incomplete and underfunded
We’re losing key knowledge about our forests If you’re a clerk in the produce department at the local supermarket you have a big task on…
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