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  • Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries: A just transition to a green economy

    Imagine it’s 2025 and because of the escalating climate crisis, governments in Asia have declared ambitious new climate action plans and an aggressive transition off natural gas. BC’s fossil fuel exports would soon dry up, workers would be laid off and local communities would lose public- and private-sector jobs. This…

  • Innovative surgical projects show how waitlists can be solved: Submission to BC ‘conversation on health’

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if the BC government takes leadership by scaling up innovative projects already underway in the public system, a new study says. Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists, released today by the CCPA and the…

  • The Weight of the One Percent

    Environment hurt more by super-rich than population growth Last October, two things happened that captured media attention. One was the run-up to the birth of the United Nations-selected seven billionth person on Earth. While this was a rather absurd exercise, given the impressive inaccuracy of demographic projections, it does have…

  • Private clinics won’t cut waiting times

    Recent revelations about private surgical clinics in Vancouver offering quick service to patients willing to pay a “facility fee” have once again sparked debate about private clinics. Doctors who run these private surgical clinics argue their private services will decrease waiting times for others. Experience and evidence from across Canada…

  • Cost of F-35 fleet could reach $126 billion, report finds

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – A report on the cost of F-35s has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The Plane That Ate the Canadian Military” was written by University of British Columbia political science professor Michael Byers.…

  • Shortchanging public sector workers is bad for BC

    Public sector workers are in the midst of difficult contract negotiations with the BC government. The workers are reportedly asking for wages to keep up with inflation, but the government hasn’t been willing to come to the table with an offer that reflects the rising cost of living. Public sector…

  • Our recommendations for the 2023 BC budget

    The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2023 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next year.  On June 14, I presented CCPA-BC’s recommendations to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. Via the BC Legislative Assembly website, you…

  • Seniors Care

    Beyond the economy: Where are BC’s major parties on health care and our aging population?

    We have been surprised, to say the least, at the lack of public discourse around health care during this election period. As a top-of-mind issue for British Columbians, you’d think it would be as central as the always large and looming economy. So what are the burning issues in health…

  • Waste-to-energy incineration is both noxious and expensive

    At the “Waste-Based-Energy” industry conference in Toronto last November, the tony Yorkville hotel meeting room was filled with consultants, lawyers, company reps, and municipal bureaucrats, all talking trash: waste tonnage spread-sheets, the seeming evils of landfill sites, the supreme benefits of burning municipal solid waste (MSW) to make energy. There…

  • Colour-Coded Canada

    Canada has failed to reduce persistent racism in the labour market: Report

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO/OTTAWA — Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report released today reveals that little-to-no progress has been made towards reducing racism in labour market outcomes. Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality, released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, uses 2016 Census data to compare work…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Big Oil’s Political Reach

    Mapping fossil fuel lobbying from Harper to Trudeau Download 1.41 MB 64 pages In Canada between 2011 and 2018 the fossil fuel industry was one of the most active industry groups lobbying the federal government with over six contacts per working day made with government officials. During this period, the…

  • Manitoba releases a long-awaited homelessness strategy: It must be election time

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday March 11, 2023 The Manitoba government released its Homelessness Strategy on February 28th. The primary questions being asked by social housing advocates are: what took you so long, and what’s the long-term plan? As noted in the strategy, tackling homelessness requires multiple…