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Labour, environment and manufacturing interests unite to oppose proposal by BC’s biggest private landowner to scrap log export rules
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — Ottawa must reject demands by British Columbia’s biggest raw log exporters that would make it even easier for…
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The BC Government and the Dispossession of Japanese Canadians (1941–1949)
Download 3.7 MB32 pages This publication is based on a series of opinion pieces written by John Price that ran in the Victoria Times Colonist…
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The racism behind Japanese Canadian internment can’t be forgotten
When John Horgan talked about BC’s historic racism, he failed to mention Japanese Canadians. Here’s why it matters. Premier John Horgan began a June 3rd…
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State of Play: COVID-19, carbon and energy
2020 has been a year like no other in the political economy of energy and climate change. As the new year broke, wildfires spiked by…
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A wealth tax on the super rich is within reach
If anything is clear in this pandemic, Canada needs a wealth tax on the super rich to rein in extreme inequality and contribute to crucial…
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Under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized: Assisted living seniors’ care in BC
COVID-19 has shone a light on serious problems in our seniors’ care system resulting from years of underfunding, privatization and precarious working conditions. These problems…
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The Place of Assisted Living in BC’s Seniors Care System
Assessing the promise, reality and challenges Download 1.54 MB68 pages Under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized is an apt description of British Columbia’s assisted living system…
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Study raises concerns about an under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized assisted living sector in BC
VANCOUVER – While COVID-19 has focused attention on problems in long-term care, a new study raises concerns about assisted living and concludes it’s time for BC’s…
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Why has UBC divested from fossil fuels but UVic has not? The high cost of industry influence
The death and disruption wrought by COVID-19 is calamitous. The bad news is that climate change will be worse. It is easy to forget that…
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Time to push back against short-term rentals to help balance Vancouver’s rental market
COVID-19 has decimated tourism and business travel, posing huge costs onto workers in those industries, but a fascinating side effect has been a more balanced…
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BC Budget Consultation Presentation June 2020
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2021 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
June 2020 Download 1.53 MB12 pages In this issue: Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19 Income assistance relief measures Blockades aren’t the…
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