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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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The importance of community health centres in BC’s primary care reforms: What the research tells us
Community health centres (CHCs) have been an effective but under-valued model for delivering primary health care1 for decades in Canada and the US. One of the unique features of the…
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The importance of community health centres in BC’s primary care reforms
What the research tells us Download 281.3 KB9 pages As British Columbia moves to support a role for community health centres (CHCs) within a larger agenda…
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Inside job: How BC Hydro customers wound up bankrolling private power companies
The chickens have finally come home to roost on the previous BC government’s private power giveaway. The just-released provincial report by Ken Davidson on the…
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How clean is a BC that subsidizes accelerated fossil fuel extraction?
When the provincial government unveiled its new climate plan late last year, Environment Minister George Heyman, Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and Premier John Horgan…
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Goin’ slow: BC Budget fails to make meaningful investments in climate action
The BC government’s new climate plan, CleanBC, was released in December 2018 to great fanfare. The plan, as we noted back then, is progress after many…
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False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby
As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of…
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Nine things to know about BC Budget 2019
BC Budget 2019 delivers modest new investments in two key areas—poverty reduction and climate action—and maintains momentum on other files that implement the ambitious investments…
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Budget 2019: Positive investments, but room for more
VICTORIA—A new, more generous child benefit for children under 18, funding the CleanBC climate plan and capital investments in infrastructure around the province are positive…
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Carbon pricing: Prospects and protests
The federal government’s plan to put a price on carbon is set to be a top issue heading into October’s federal election. The carbon pricing…
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CCPA report confirms BC’s new investments in child care affordability are urgently needed
Savings from BC’s child care affordability measures for different family types Single-parent family Two-parent family Income $30,000Child age 2Centre-based care Income $30,000Child age…
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CCPA report confirms BC’s new investments in child care affordability are urgently needed
Last year, the BC government made a landmark investment to begin addressing the affordability crisis in child care. A new report released by CCPA this…
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BC Budget 2019: Maintain momentum building a universal, affordable, quality child care system
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
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