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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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Comment l’AECG Canada-Union Européenne va miner la démocratie
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CCPA Submission to BC Budget Consultations 2017
Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services of the Legislative Assembly of BC Download
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CETA: A significant shift from democratic governance
Imagine a far-off dystopia when foreign corporations are given the same status as citizens in public hearings. When the overriding priority for government in issuing…
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For-profit care of seniors proven to be inferior
Vancouver Coastal Health recently announced it will close two publicly owned and operated residential care facilities in Sechelt. The creation of 600 new beds will…
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Royal Bank of Canada CEO David McKay made a few headlines last week when he offered his thoughts to the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce on…
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Political leadership needed to revitalize BC’s forestry industry
During the last provincial election not a day seemed to go by that Premier Christy Clark wasn’t donning a hardhat and promising us a brighter…
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How employers of Temporary Foreign Workers get away with low pay and bad working conditions
Canada’s controversial Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is once again under the microscope with the release of a Parliamentary Committee report last week. While the report recommends…
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Penticton’s peculiar policy on freedom of information
This is International Right to Know Week, a week in honour of the public’s right to information held by their governments. The week is being…
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Fraser Institute, provincial government swing and miss again on education funding
My recent analysis of BC’s education funding crisis made some waves, travelling far and wide in the media and becoming one of our most-read papers…
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How Proportional Representation could help to decentralize power and strengthen Parliament
Submission to the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform The debate around electoral reform has largely neglected a central question: what would a…
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Independence or a bit more income: British Columbians with disabilities are forced to choose
On September 1st, British Columbians on disability assistance saw their monthly rates go up for the first time in nine years. Unfortunately, the BC government…
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The abysmal economics of LNG
In the lead up to the last provincial election, British Columbians learned about an economic panacea named LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas. This new industrial…
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