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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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Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff
There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even…
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Moving on from the CCPA-BC: A Message from Seth Klein
Dear friends and CCPA-BC supporters, If you are reading this post, you’ve heard that I’ve decided to step down as the CCPA’s BC Director at…
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CCPA’s Seth Klein to step down as BC Director
(Vancouver) After nearly 22 years of service with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the country’s foremost social justice research institute, Seth Klein has decided…
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Pipeline feud underscores need for evidence-based energy strategy
Canada’s long-term energy security needs and climate commitments cannot be met without major changes: study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — A new study by…
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CCPA-BC presentation to the BC Labour Relations Code Review Panel
Download 1.49 MB 10 pages This submission was made to a BC government appointed panel to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding policy measures to strengthen…
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Canada’s Energy Outlook
Current realities and implications for a carbon-constrained future Download summary 2.64 MB | 28 pages Download full study 35.51 MB | 180 pages Canada faces…
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Mobility pricing in practice: A look at London, Stockholm and Singapore
An independent commission on mobility pricing (also called “road pricing” or “congestion charging”) will report to TransLink and the Mayors’ Council shortly. In a recent…
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Working for a Living Wage 2018
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.85 MB8 pages Attachments Working for a Living Wage 2018 Calculation Guide Working for…
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Soaring housing costs causing living wage to increase in Metro Vancouver
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — The cost of raising a family in British Columbia increased slightly from 2017 to 2018. And if it hadn’t…
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Kinder Morgan: Costs and benefits unbalanced, not in the national interest
The Alberta and federal governments claim that Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is in the national interest due to its economic benefits. But…
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BC government decision to continue excluding farm workers from minimum wage protection very disappointing
Vancouver — Although there are positive elements to today’s BC government announcement in response to the second report of the Fair Wages Commission, the government’s rejection…
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What’s Kinder Morgan’s real end game?
Here’s a different take on Kinder Morgan’s ultimatum and the so-called “constitutional crisis” it has sparked. I’m speculating, of course, as we all seek to…
National Energy Board, 2017
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