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Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like the Gordon Bell Senior Off Campus program (GBSOC) however, offer an alternative to the mainstream school system, allowing students to work at their own pace,…
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Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words
Or twenty thousand as the case may be. The CCPA published a number of major studies in recent years about BC’s unacceptably high levels of poverty and homelessness, as well as provincial welfare policies that contribute to hardship and homelessness. These issues are brought to life in a series of…
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The Time is Now
A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC https://vimeo.com/3346138 This is the first chapter in a narrated slideshow about poverty in British Columbia and what we can do about it. View the rest of the slideshow here: http://vimeo.com/channels/bcpovertyreduction. Features interviews with a parent struggling to make ends meet by working two jobs,…
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First Nations poverty and the Canadian economy
Aligning policy with what works A recent CCPA study showing the extent of First Nations poverty in Canada provides yet more evidence that Canada is failing Aboriginal people. Fully 50 percent of status First Nations children in Canada live in poverty as measured by the Low Income Measure (LIM). In…
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Partisan claims and the BC economy
BC’s recession and election together mean things are going to get nasty in the political realm. Already we seeing plenty of sneering commentary from our esteemed cabinet ministers. Consider this jibe from Colin Hansen, the Minister of Finance, in his annual address to the brethren of Sigma Chi: “I want…
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Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?
Heated debates are going on again in Brandon and Winnipeg about the most effective way to deal with mosquitoes. In thinking about this issue it is useful to begin with the broad historical context of mosquito control, and then to follow with a look at some recent and current research…
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Provincial Support for CED in Manitoba
The Experience of CED Practitioners Download 756.92 KB 32 pages This is a study of the previous provincial government’s policy approach to Community Economic Development (CED). Manitoba at the time was described as a leader in CED. In contrast to the prevailing neoliberalizing winds, “social democratic governments (in Quebec and…
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Fast Facts: What is Access to Information and does it Matter?
Under Canadian law, every citizen has the right to request information from federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments. Gaining access to tightly controlled government information is critical in promoting social justice. All orders of government are subject to the protocols set out in the Access to Information Act (ATIA) at the…
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Groups urge BC government to delay ruling on unprecedented proposal to turn unlogged forests into wood pellets
VANCOUVER — Vast swaths of forest in British Columbia’s Fort Nelson region are in danger of being gobbled up to make low-value, climate-unfriendly wood pellets with the provincial government providing the public virtually no time to comment on the controversial plans, warn two conservation organizations and a public policy research…
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Study Reveals $18.18 an Hour to be a Living Wage in Saint John
JUNE 20, 2018 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (SAINT JOHN, NB)— In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full time, full year job in Saint John would need to be paid $18.18 an hour, according to a new report released today by the Human…
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Can the federal parties’ child care proposals pay for the $10 a Day Plan?
We’ve been glad to see child care emerge as a key issue in this federal election, with three major parties (Greens, Liberals and NDP) vying to tackle the problems with the status quo: inadequate spaces, unaffordability and inconsistent quality. We analyzed the party platforms on child care in more detail…