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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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Albert Lynn / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote-april2017-climate-energy-bc-election-platforms.jpeg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote-april2017-climate-energy-bc-election-platforms-300×133.jpeg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote-april2017-climate-energy-bc-election-platforms-768×341.jpeg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />Climate change and energy issues in the 2017 BC election platforms
From the fracking fields and Site C dam in BC’s northeast to an LNG terminal and Kinder Morgan’s pipeline and tanker expansion in the southwest,…
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A reality check on seniors poverty and inequality in BC
As recently as 40 years ago, old age meant living in poverty for more than a third of Canadian seniors. Thankfully, public programs like the…
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tuchodi / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote_distinguising-consent-from-veto_apr2017_900x400.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote_distinguising-consent-from-veto_apr2017_900x400-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policynote_distinguising-consent-from-veto_apr2017_900x400-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />Distinguishing consent from veto in an era of reconciliation
An unfortunate legacy of the Harper era in Canada is that public officials and the media often conflate the right to consent for projects or…
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Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
In the spring of 2016, the CCPA’s Terra Poirier and photographer Caelie Frampton met with three local seniors to document their lived experience of poverty…
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Infographics: Seniors poverty and inequality
BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face…
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Infographics: Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
Our photo essay, Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways (published alongside the study, Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors) describes the lived experiences of…
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Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors
Download 2.76 MB56 pages BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the…
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Half of single BC seniors living on $25K or less per year
(Vancouver) Poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors is growing, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. After rapid…
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As the BC election starts, where’s our collective head at?
Much of BC’s pre-election debate has coalesced around the free-for-all in corporate political donations—and understandably so, given the scale of the problem that’s been revealed…
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Faking climate action: BC’s misleading forest gambit
In its August 2016 climate plan update—and subsequent advertising campaign—the BC government put forests front and centre. While this may sound positive, it is really…
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Time to raise welfare rates: Debunking the BC government’s sorry excuses for inaction
April 1st marks the 10th anniversary since basic welfare benefit rates (also known as social assistance rates) were last increased in British Columbia. For a single…
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It’s time to give high tech workers equal basic rights
The BC government recently announced an update to its BC Jobs Plan that focused on measures to encourage increased employment in nine key sectors of…
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