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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…
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Le PTP pourrait entraîner une détérioration de la balance commerciale du Canada et affaiblir les secteurs à forte intensité de main-d’œuvre, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – Pendant les consultations que mène le gouvernement fédéral sur le Partenariat transpacifique (PTP), une nouvelle étude du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) remet en question les immenses avantages commerciaux que le PTP est censé représenter pour le Canada. L’étude conclut que…
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For-profit infant child care fees 2.6 times higher in Winnipeg than non-profit fees: New study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. WINNIPEG/OTTAWA—Full-time licensed child care in most Canadian cities is struggling under the financial burden of COVID-19—registering a dramatic drop in enrolment while for profit centre parent fees remain unaffordably high, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). Sounding the…
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Cedar LNG: Chronicles of a petro-state in the age of climate change
A final investment decision in June 2024 by Cedar LNG highlights the challenges and contradictions of BC’s climate and energy policies. For the BC government, this is the model industrial project: it creates jobs and development in the North, has a major Indigenous partner in the Haisla Nation and will…
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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,…
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To fund a just recovery, we can learn from our fiscal past
As several provinces have begun to loosen lockdown measures, thoughts turn to what Canada’s recovery will look like. WilI the massive disruptions we are experiencing spur a reevaluation of priorities and lead to paradigm shifts in our social and economic systems¹? Or will we embrace a ‘business as usual’ recovery…
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The real reason the BC government is spending $9 billion on Site C
From a lookout high atop a windswept bluff, the scale of work already underway at Site C is daunting. Large tracts of boreal forest logged. Vast amounts of topsoil stripped away for a trailer city to house hundreds of workers. Gravel from the fish-bearing river excavated to build a roadbed…
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