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Takver / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs-300×133.jpeg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs-768×341.jpeg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_aug2018_ProblemWithBCs.jpeg 900w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />The problem with BC’s “clean growth” climate rhetoric
The BC government recently released three “intentions papers” on climate policy—transportation, buildings and industry—all wrapped in the term “clean growth.” In fact, the term “clean” appears more than 70 times in just the introduction to the exercise, Towards a Clean Growth Future in BC. Clean growth is not a commonly…
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Government polices part of story of BC’s declining median income
The results of the 2006 Census on income were recently published and produced stark headlines about enormous wage declines in Canada over the past 25 years. The income gap between rich and poor is widening, immigrant incomes are plummeting and young people entering the labour market are earning less than…
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The Infinite Economic Growth Myth
Profit maximization now a fatal corporate priority While on my summer vacation, I try to isolate myself for a few weeks from the worsening global troubles that beset us all. But this year, try as I might to lose myself in light-reading thrillers and fantasies, worrisome news from the real…
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A look at Canada’s housing market
Who might be in trouble and what can be done? The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a study showing that, for the first time in 30 years, six red-hot real estate markets are in a synchronized housing bubble. The Centre’s Trish Hennessy interviewed the study’s author, CCPA Research Associate…
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Recession, Recovery and Transformation: Revisiting the Role of Government
Couchiching Summer Conference 2010: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity? Speech to the Couchiching 2010 Summer Conference Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity, a 3 day conference on the significance of this recession and the nature of the recovery. Armine presented on the “Role of the Government” panel, with Tom Flanagan and…
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Mortgage financing reform needed to avoid another crisis: report
OTTAWA—In a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), two prominent economists propose changes to U.S. and Canadian mortgage finance polices to prevent a future financial crisis. The report is authored by Doug Peters, former Secretary of State (Finance) and former TD Bank Chief Economist, and…
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The Halifax Convention Centre – a bottomless money pit?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, NS – The proposed new convention centre has the potential to be a bottomless money pit, cautions a new report being released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Nova Scotia. Entitled Convention Centre in Nova Scotia: Economic Wellspring or Bottomless Pit,…
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Canada and the next financial crisis
How will the next financial crisis erupt? (Or perhaps we should say a further chapter of the ongoing financial crisis). It’s like figuring out which piece of tinder will ignite after a sizzling heat wave. We know it’s bad out there, but just where will the next spark hit? What…
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Will the HST boost job growth and when?
As BC and Ontario have now started paying the HST at the till, many people may be wondering when exactly can we expect to see those jobs postings opening up. This is a good question. According to analysis commissioned by the BC government from economist Jack Mintz, titled British Columbia’s…
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British Medical Journal links social spending cuts to increased mortality
An article and an editorial in this week’s British Medical Journal outline the very high cost of cutting social programs. The article’s authors look at social spending in the OECD and find changes in social spending directly related to changes in mortality. Even more, they find the impact of social…
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Make work possible for more people with significant disabilities: study
(Vancouver) People living with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities and serious conditions such as MS often find themselves in a catch-22 – unable to take on full-time year-round employment, but willing and able to work with the right supports and flexibility. A study released today urges the provincial government to adopt…
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The real state of Canada’s jobs market
The Harper government loves to refer to Canada’s post-recession track record with the phrase “we’re punching above our weight.” If only it were true. When it comes to the true measure of recovery – jobs – Canada is not punching above its weight. In fact, we’re still waiting for a…