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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
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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Getting Serious About Affordable Housing: Towards a Plan for Metro Vancouver
Download 1.17 MB48 pages The housing market in Metro Vancouver is broken, and we need more rational planning and management in the interests of local people.…
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Infographic: How can we fix Vancouver’s broken housing market?
How can we fix Vancouver’s broken housing market? Invest in affordable housing. Restrict absentee ownership. Make property taxes fair. Click for full-size image.
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Comprehensive approach needed to fix Metro Vancouver housing crisis: study
(Vancouver) A new study finds Metro Vancouver’s growing housing affordability crisis is widening the gap between the rich and poor, and requires a multi-pronged response…
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The living wage is designed to reflect the real costs of raising a family in a particular community. It’s based on a two-parent families with young children because…
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Working for a Living Wage 2016
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.57 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
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Change in federal policy lowers living wage for first time despite rising costs
(Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.64 per hour.…
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Time to rethink BC’s surgical waitlist strategy
By Andrew Longhurst, Marcy Cohen and Dr. Margaret McGregor Have you had to wait months for surgical consultation, let alone the surgery itself? If so,…
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Infographic: Private surgeries in BC
The BC Minister of Health needs to go on record: Will the government go ahead with plans to allow private clinics to perform major surgeries…
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Reducing Surgical Wait Times
The Case for Public Innovation and Provincial Leadership Download 1.16 MB56 pages BC’s surgical wait times are among the longest in the country. The provincial…
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Time to rethink BC’s surgical wait time strategy
Have you had to wait months for surgical consultation, let alone the surgery itself? If so, you’re not alone. British Columbians are waiting an unacceptable…
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Increasing private surgeries won’t solve BC’s waitlist problems: study
(Vancouver) A new study lays out detailed recommendations for tackling the province’s growing surgical wait times – now among the longest in Canada – and…
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In Edinburgh, the public private partnership walls are falling. Seriously. Walls are falling.
If 17 schools were closed in Vancouver, or Edmonton or Regina, because parts of them were at risk of falling down and injuring children, do…
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