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  • Farewell

    Editor of CCPA Monitor since its inception says good-bye This is the last page 4 column I’ll write as editor of the CCPA Monitor, so I suppose it’s fitting that it take the form of a farewell. I was asked to serve as editor of the Monitor when it was…

  • Farewell

    Editor of CCPA Monitor since its inception says good-bye This is the last page 4 column I’ll write as editor of the CCPA Monitor, so I suppose it’s fitting that it take the form of a farewell. I was asked to serve as editor of the Monitor when it was…

  • A pile of wood pellets is shown in front of a cross-section view of a stack of logs.

    Trees to pellets? Scarred by two previous resource industry boom and busts, pivotal decisions lie ahead for community of Fort Nelson

    The residents of Fort Nelson know better than most rural British Columbians about the harsh economic realities of resource dependency. It is now 13 years since the forest industry ditched the community in dramatic fashion when Canfor Corp. ceased all its local operations in the region and closed its plywood…

  • CCPA-NS responds to budget consultations

    In The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein shows that a perceived crisis can be used to frighten people into accepting unpopular “reforms” as “solutions,” such as shrinking of the state, privatization and the loss of public services.  But, she notes, a crisis can also motivate people to defend the institutions they…

  • Charting a path in uncertain times

    We live in increasingly unsettling times. Two world orders are chafing against each other: the rules-based international order, however imperfect, and the emerging strong man, power brokerage order. These approaches are in friction, and we don’t yet know what the outcome will be. Countries are rapidly trying to forge new…

  • Education Project

    The Innovation Gap and the Problem with Research Funding in Canada

    While concerns about Canada’s innovation gap have become cliché, too often these observations ignore the elephant in the room: funding for Canadian Researchers is based on a broken funding system. We hope to re-ignite a longstanding conversation in Canada about how to better use limited research dollars to support more…

  • People waiting before an orange colored ballot box on blue background.

    Platform Crunch 2: Comparing four parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises

    Tax and cash transfer promises are flying fast and furiously in the first week of Canada’s 45th federal election.

    Earlier in the week, the Liberals came out with a promise to cut the lowest federal personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to 14 per cent and also cut the value of tax credits to match.

  • Raising the bar: our recommendations for equitable gig work in BC

    Raising the bar: Our recommendations for equitable gig work in BC

    Platform companies like Uber, Lyft and Skip the Dishes derive profits at the expense of taxpayers’ contributions and workers’ health and safety. The BC government has a unique opportunity to set high standards for sustainable, responsible platform work and we are pleased to support the government’s deliberations on this issue.…

  • Find out how news deprived your community is

    The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Find out how your city fits into the bigger picture.

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    A eulogy for carbon pricing–and what comes next

    Canada’s bold experiment with carbon pricing is over, pulled by new Prime Minister Mark Carney to remove a controversial wedge issue before the coming federal election. Politics crept up on carbon pricing in light of higher inflation rates in 2022 and 2023. With higher costs of living top of mind,…

  • How (and how much) doctors are paid: why it matters

    How we pay doctors through our public health system is an important issue that receives little public scrutiny, despite the fact that physician compensation represents a significant share of the provincial budget and has been among the fastest-growing health care costs in recent years. A very useful analysis was conducted…

  • Greenhouse gas emissions and the Energy East Pipeline

    I submitted the following to the National Energy Board, which is seeking comments on what should be included as part of the upcoming hearings on the proposed Energy East Pipeline. In particular, they are interested in arguments about the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions. The deadline for submissions is May…