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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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Is it time to stop worrying about the economy?
If you read the papers in this province, you’d think BC had long forgotten about the recession. Every bit of economic good news is trumpeted…
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Will the Olympics boost long-term tourism to BC?
“We’ve invited the world, they’re coming, and the place is a mess.” That was the tag line the CCPA gave to our BC Solutions Budget…
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The Buy American Deal: CCPA Analysis
If you’re looking for an alternative perspective on the recent Buy American deal, check out Buy American Basics, a new report from the CCPA’s National…
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Throne speech rather unimaginative despite talk of leading change
Today’s Throne speech marks a return to the optimistic tone that is typical of the start of each session of the legislature. Sure, there are…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2010, Volume 13, Number 1 Download 1.71 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Managing BC’s Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and…
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About that Copenhagen award
Back in December, during the Copenhagen negotiations, a group of environmentalists provided BC Premier Gordon Campbell with an award for climate leadership. Based primarily on…
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Submission to the Special Committee to Review the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Download 879.3 KB25 pages In a democratic society it is critical that there be a free exchange of ideas with respect to policies chosen by…
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BC hearts Art. But only for the show off.
The pedestrian stretch of Granville Street downtown has been brightened lately by a colourful display of public art projects, complete with benches for pedestrians to…
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Corporations are people too
Advocates of democratic electoral reform are really out of step. Ideas like proportional representation and advertising spending limits are so retro, so 2004. The fashionable…
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First the party, then the hangover
The 2010 Winter Games are almost upon us. In Vancouver, banners are dropping down the sides of downtown buildings; huge tents are being erected anywhere…
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“Living assets” are key in the fight against climate change
In the fight against climate change, few natural assets are as important as forests. Healthy living trees store enormous amounts of atmospheric carbon. The same is…
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BC’s Urban Housing (Un)affordability
A new study published today by the Frontier Institute for Public Policy finds that Vancouver has the most unaffordable urban housing market not just in…
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