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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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Ok, Let’s Talk.
Yesterday was Bell Let’s Talk Day 2015. You might have heard about it. According to Bell, a record 122,150,772 Bell Let’s Talk tweets, texts, calls,…
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Charity is not the right way to tackle poverty in British Columbia
The existence of poverty in British Columbia is a violation of human rights. There is not only a moral duty to eradicate poverty but also…
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Making a Just Transition
The steady stream of bad news from Alberta’s oil patch is a potent reminder of the boom-and-bust nature of being a resource commodity exporter. It’s…
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Climate change means new deal needed for resource workers: study
(Vancouver) Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a study that examines what transition away from fossil fuels means for workers—and their families…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2015, Volume 18, Number 1 Download 1.26 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time for BC to start preparing for climate migration: A question of…
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Now is exactly the right time to regulate oil and gas
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Yes Mr. Harper It Is A Sociological Phenomenon
This piece originally appeared on Blogging for Equality. Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights Issues Breakthrough Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls The Inter‑American…
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Denying inequality is a problem for Canada won’t make it go away
Jock Finlayson’s article “Income inequality not a problem in Canada” misses the point. Just because inequality in Canada is somewhat lower than in the U.S.…
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13 years on, BC Finance Ministry finds big problems with its public private partnership program
The BC Finance Ministry has produced a report much more critical of Partnerships BC and its activities around public private partnerships (P3s) than might have…
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Ontario Auditor breaks new ground with review of public private partnerships methodology: BC Auditor says maybe, sometime
Last month Ontario’s Auditor General issued her annual report. One of her targets was Ontario’s use of public private partnerships to build public infrastructure. As…
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CCPA-BC submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health
How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? Download 768.64 KB 27 pages The BC Office of…
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