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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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So Where is the Science?
The headline in the Globe today was certainly ominous — “Clark’s Hydro policy threatens to collapse B.C.’s climate change progress, scientist says”. The purported policy…
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More carbon credit questions hiding in the trees
In January, a deal was struck between the Pacific Carbon Trust (the provincial Crown corporation responsible for buying carbon “offsets”) and one of British Columbia’s…
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On Labour Day, think about unions as an equalizing force
By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed levels of production. Those…
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HST referendum: was the vote split along income lines?
One of the first things I did after the HST referendum results came out today was look at how different electoral districts voted. I noticed…
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So the HST was defeated. Now what?
Earlier today, Elections BC announced the much anticipated HST referendum results. British Columbians have voted to scrap the HST. The best part about having the…
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Public private partnerships under increasing attack in the UK
While British Columbia continues to invest billions in public private partnerships(P3s), a UK Parliamentary Committee today told its government to “wean itself off the practice.” The…
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Remembering Gideon Rosenbluth
Below is the text of the obituary for Gideon Rosenbluth, a renowned progressive economist, and a past president of the Canadian Economics Association. Gideon was…
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BC Hydro Review
If it were true that BC Hydro could effectively plan and operate its system with 20% fewer workers, as the government panel has recently suggested in…
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What’s behind the push for a municipal auditor general?
The call for the creation of an Auditor General for BC’s municipalities almost seems like a “no-brainer,” doesn’t it? Charlie Smith had a good article…
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BC’s wood trade with China may be booming – but at a price
This year, members of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation expect to fill the holds of nine ocean freighters in Prince Rupert with raw logs from…
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BC forestry missing out on great green job potential
Ever since US house prices peaked in mid 2006 and the great economic slump began south of the border, BC’s government and forest industry alike…
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