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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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Will Enbridge’s Pipeline Ever Get Built?
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New paper warns of global “ecological overshoot” and rising inequality
UBC professor publication highlights policy alternatives to achieve true sustainability in CCPA publication CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) In a new paper…
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A lesbian walks into a Torts class…
A lesbian walks into a Torts class at Trinity Western University in Langley. Her name is Mary. Even before the discussion of Donoghue v. Stevenson…
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Quebec’s Auditor General slams highway public private partnership
Yesterday Quebec’s Auditor General came out with a report slamming public private partnerships in that province. The special audit was conducted at the request of…
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Avoiding Collapse
An agenda for sustainable degrowth and relocalizing the economy Download 309.92 KB 20 pages In this thoughtful paper, UBC Professor Emeritus William Rees, the originator…
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How to fund improvements in class-size and composition: a matter of political will
If a compromise is to be reached in the current bargaining between teachers and the government, the long-standing issue of improving class-size and composition must…
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Frameworks and photo-ops
About a year-and-a-half ago, BC teachers and their employers approved a landmark framework agreement for their upcoming round of contract negotiations. In the wake of…
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CCPA submission to BC consultation on forest tenures
Earlier today, I submitted the following on behalf of the CCPA to Mr Jim Snetsinger, who is leading a consultation on area-based forest tenures on…
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CCPA Submission to Consultation on BC Forest Tenures
Download 645.58 KB 3 pages CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein submitted the attached to Mr. Jim Snetsinger, who is leading a consultation on area-based forest tenures…
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Cheap Power for Jobs (Except it Ain’t Cheap)
It has a nice political ring to it — “power for jobs”. That is what Glen Clark wanted to do with the Columbia River Treaty…
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Britain and British Columbia now moving in different directions on P3s. BC taxpayers may be the losers
A dozen years ago when Gordon Campbell’s newly elected British Columbia government decided it wanted to build its infrastructure with public private partnerships (P3s) it…
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New AG report on access to welfare disability benefits
Yesterday (May 15), BC’s Auditor General released an important new report on access to welfare disability benefits. The report didn’t get much media attention, but…
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