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  • Out-of-control rents

    Rental wages in Canada, 2023

    CMHC, “Rental Market Survey Data Tables,” 2023. For a notable exception, see John Rapley, “Canada’s approach to housing is bad for the economy,” The Globe and Mail, July 14, 2023. David Macdonald, “Unaccommodating: Rental Housing Wage in Canada” (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2018), policyalternatives.ca/unaccommodating. David Macdonald and Ricardo…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Fracking ban warranted to protect some of British Columbia’s biggest dams, FOI documents reveal

    (Vancouver) Fracking should be immediately banned close to BC Hydro’s two existing Peace River dams as well as the Site C dam construction project until a full public inquiry determines whether a comprehensive ban is warranted, the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says. The CCPA issued…

  • Ce qu’il reste de l’université publique

    Les universités québécoises sont en crise, et ce, depuis longtemps. Jamais, dans notre histoire récente, n’avons-nous pu leur donner une orientation claire. Voulons-nous des universités pour participer à l’éducation de notre peuple? Pour former à l’esprit critique? Pour diplômer massivement des étudiant·e·s? Pour répondre aux besoins du marché du travail?…

  • Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Ben Parfitt at the Site C Megadam Town Hall

  • Procurement of Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships contains Titanic blunder, report finds

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – A new report examining the government’s plans to build Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Titanic Blunder: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on course for disaster was written by University of British Columbia political…

  • L’acquisition des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l’Arctique comporte une erreur digne du Titanic, selon un rapport d’expert

    OTTAWA – L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives publient un nouveau rapport sur le projet du gouvernement canadien de construire des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l’Arctique.  Titanic Blunder: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on course for disaster (Erreur Titanic : le navire de patrouille extracôtier / de l’Arctique…

  • Good Economy Project
    Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Charting a path to $15/hour for all workers—and the road beyond

    CCPA-BC Submission to the Fair Wages Commission Download 10.68 MB10 pages In this submission to the BC Fair Wages Commission, the CCPA-BC highlights the urgency for British Columbia to adopt a $15 minimum wage by March 2019.  BC’s current minimum wage is a poverty-level wage. Low-wage workers need a significant…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Climate Politics in the Patch

    Engaging Saskatchewan’s Oil-Producing Communities on Climate Change Issues Download 944.29 KB24 pages The future of oil extraction and transportation is one of the most contentious issues in Canadian politics. Plans for the construction of new pipelines to both the East and West coasts has entrenched old divisions between Eastern and…

  • Expansive aerial view of a pit mining project in Alberta's Oilsands near Fort McMurray.
    Corporate Mapping Project

    New report shines light on the state of fossil fuel industry in Eastern Canada – an overlooked region in energy transition debates

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT [HALIFAX/ Kjipuktuk, June 6, 2023] – Despite Eastern Canada being highly invested in oil and gas production, the region is often left out of energy policy discussions typically focused on Western provinces. A new report maps the extensive existing and proposed fossil fuel exploration,…

  • Tax breaks and subsidies for BC LNG

    At the height of LNG-mania in 2013/14, high prices in Asia fueled a gold rush mentality in BC—based on shipping cheap BC gas to Asia for mega-profits. But those high prices proved only temporary, and by 2015 the economic case for LNG (liquified natural gas) turned on its head. The…

  • Three health care priorities for a new government

    The transition to power for a new government in BC provides the opportunity to set a new course that addresses both immediate and longstanding policy challenges. On the health care front, there is no shortage of pressing issues facing the new government. It is reassuring, however, that one of the…

  • Virtual walk-in clinics undermine primary care

    Despite efforts by the BC government to increase access to primary care, new developments risk making it even harder to find a doctor. BC is one of the only provinces that allows doctors to bill government for virtual phone or video visits without restrictions. This may make it more convenient to see…