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BC Hydro” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-300×141.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-1024×480.jpg 1024w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-768×360.jpg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace.jpg 1280w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />Shaking the Peace: Fracking-induced earthquakes rattle BC Hydro execs and farmers alike
BC Hydro officials were so alarmed by an earthquake that shook the ground at its sprawling Site C dam construction project in late November, they ordered a halt to all work and got on the phone to British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission (OCG). The 4.5 magnitude earthquake was linked…
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BC First Nation logs almost all of its treaty lands, leaving behind lots of stumps and questions
In just three years, much of the McLeod Lake Indian Band’s treaty lands were stripped of their bountiful and exceedingly valuable trees in a surge of logging that included one massive clear-cut that is almost 3,000 hectares in size, or 7.5 times larger than Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The extensive…
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How the GATS Undermines the Right to Regulate
Lessons from the US-Gambling Case Download 187.85 KB15 pages
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BC First Nations are poised to lead the renewable energy transition
These are exciting times in British Columbia for those interested in building sustainable, just and climate-friendly energy systems. The recent change in government could mean a shift away from a corporate agenda driven by the needs of a massively energy-intensive fracking and LNG industry towards one that prioritizes action on…
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Site C is not necessary and if completed would raise British Columbians’ Hydro bills: submission
CCPA-BC submission reconsiders the economics of Site C dam READ THE FULL SUBMISSION HERE. Vancouver–The Site C dam is not necessary, and moving forward to completion is likely to have adverse impacts on BC Hydro and ratepayers of all classes. That is the conclusion of a submission to the BC…
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CCPA Manitoba Presentation to Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks in support of the tabling of the Supervised Consumption Site in Winnipeg report June 7, 2021
Since 2005, we have led the annual State of the Inner City research project, which has collaborated with Winnipeg over forty community-based organizations (CBOs) working in the inner city. The project researches issues that matter to CBOs and the communities they serve. It connects the personal struggles of the people…
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Canadian Postal Services exposed to attack by US Multinationals at WTO
Study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa–Multinational courier companies are attempting to impose postal policy reforms rejected by Parliament and the Canadian public through the back door of WTO trade negotiations and litigation, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The recent $US 160 million…
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FTAA: A Dangerous NAFTA-GATS Hybrid
Canada’s initial offer threatens vital interests Download 68.32 KB
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