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  • Kevin Millsip, CCPA–BC Director

    Meet the CCPA–BC’s new Director! Kevin Millsip

    Hello, My name is Kevin, and I’m the new/old guy at the BC Office. New, in that I joined this September as Director, and old in that I served on the BC Office steering committee for nearly 10 years, about 8 of those as Chair, and I’ve rented desk space…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Communities and Research

    Download 1.91 MB28 pages At the tail end of the latest Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant, this magazine shares the work the Manitoba Research Association has been involved in for the past ten plus years in ways it hasn’t been shared before; it’s a new look at important…

  • Severe climate events cost BC economy billions more than widely reported estimates, study finds

    VANCOUVER — The costs to British Columbia’s economy from last year’s unprecedented heat dome, horrific wildfires, widespread flooding and crippling landslides could be more than $17 billion, making it the most expensive climate disaster in Canadian history.  A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives provides a…

  • New labour legislation to continue gig worker precarity

    Gig work is widely recognized as having all of the characteristics of precarious employment: typically temporary, part-time or casual, low paid, lacking in predictable work hours and job security without health and welfare benefits and protections.  Research into precarious gig work in BC has revealed that app-based ride-hail and food…

  • November 2006: Rethinking Canada’s Higher Education Policy

    Corporatization of universities more harmful than helpful Over the last 30 years, there has been a dramatic shift in the Canadian government’s conception of and approach to higher education. Whereas our universities used to be seen and treated by policy-makers as a public resource for social development, they are now…

  • Open for Business?

    What’s wrong with corporatizing our universities? Plenty! A serious problem for progressive people nowadays is that neoliberal discourse has become so established, so commonsensical, that it is difficult to publicly question, much less challenge it. How can one argue with claims that public institutions such as our universities should be…

  • Fast Facts: CCPA-MB research back social movements, leveraging change

    Evidence-based policy research can exert a powerful force for social change, especially when it stands with the community in its actions and organising. The role of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba is to inform social movements and to provide them the arguments they need to advocate for…

  • Tax the rich

    Robust wealth tax could raise $363B over 10 years

    Amid a rise in extreme inequality, the idea of an annual tax on the wealth of the super-rich has risen to prominence in recent years in many countries. New analysis shows that a robust wealth tax in Canada—one that goes further than those currently on the table in the federal…

  • Failure to act means failing dikes

    Province must take responsibility for flood protection infrastructure VANCOUVER – The BC government failed to act decisively when told that dikes in one of the cities hit hardest by the November 2021 floods were at risk of failing due to years of neglect, new research by the Canadian Centre for…

  • Fast Facts: Searching for fairness in Manitoba’s Carbon Tax

    Last month our office released a report authored by Harvey Stevens that found the federal carbon tax will reduce more greenhouse gases than the proposed Made in Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. The Premier responded that the federal escalating carbon price will hurt Manitobans (Federal carbon plan seen by think…

  • May 2007: Pharmaceutical Secrecy Endangers Our Health

    Drug research now done mainly to protect profits, not public health Secrecy has always been the norm in the pharmaceutical arena, but over the past decade it has taken on even greater significance as the funding of medical research has swung from something that was done to improve public health…

  • Why increasing government spending makes economic sense

    Author’s note: The latest BC government throne speech promised “to help solve big challenges – like inequality and climate change – with growth that is inclusive and sustainable.” CCPA-BC will closely analyze the upcoming BC Budget to determine whether the government’s intention is backed by the increased levels of public…