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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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Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval based on false assumptions
Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…
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Faulty assumptions, including tidewater price premiums, basis for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval
Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…
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In light of the growth and prevalence of precarious employment and the lack of decent conditions of employment for vulnerable workers, labour advocates and unions…
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History of Alberta’s oil sands policy highlights importance of government involvement
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT A new report analyzing the oil sands policies of previous Alberta governments reveals the critical role of government…
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Betting on Bitumen
Alberta’s Energy Policies from Lougheed to Klein Download 1.35 MB48 pages When Alberta’s first New Democratic Party (NDP) government swept to power in 2015, it…
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Book review – The broken ladder: How inequality affects the way we think, live and die
The following is a review of The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die by Keith Payne, published by Viking in May 2017.…
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Four lessons about electoral reform for a new BC government
Under their recent agreement, the BC NDP and Greens have promised a referendum on electoral reform in BC. This is great news. A huge amount…
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To protect her legacy, Premier Clark should put a moratorium on the destruction of documents
British Columbia is in interesting times politically and that makes transparency around government decisions more important than ever. It is both a medium-term issue and…
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BC NDP-Green agreement offers historic opportunity for game-changing new policies
What an interesting and exciting moment in BC politics! For a bunch of policy nerds like us at the CCPA, it doesn’t get much better…
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Case for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline built on faulty assumptions, including tidewater price fiction: study
(Vancouver) As Kinder Morgan Canada turned to the stock market to finance its Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMEP), a new report by veteran earth scientist…
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Will the Trans Mountain Pipeline and tidewater access boost prices and save Canada’s oil industry?
Download 2.93 MB42 pages One of the primary rationales for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMEP) is to maximize the price for Alberta…
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Getting big money out of BC politics: 5 ways to do this right
With the provincial election behind us, there’s at least one thing that the overwhelming majority of British Columbians seem to clearly agree on: we need…
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