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  • A Step Back

    Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Wuskwatim Project CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT The agreement between the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Manitoba Hydro over the development of a 200-megawatt dam and transmission line in Northern Manitoba is of uncertain financial value and based on the risk assumed by…

  • Corporate Mapping Project
    Resource Economics Project (BC)

    Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry

    VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that highlights why a public inquiry into oil and gas industry fracking operations is needed. The Commission published the December 2013 report on its website on…

  • Thousands of users risk losing access to water as application deadline looms: government must act swiftly to avoid crisis

    VANCOUVER – Thousands of non-domestic groundwater users across BC risk losing their historic water rights if they fail to apply for licences before a fast-approaching deadline, warn two former senior provincial government employees. The warning comes as new research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that since the…

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    BC Budget 2021 could be the most important budget in a generation

    BC Budget 2021 will be tabled on April 20th, in the middle of the COVID-19 third wave. It is an opportunity for the new provincial government to not only support people and businesses through this phase of the pandemic—but also to shape a transition to a more resilient, inclusive and…

  • Muslim family praying at the table

    Beyond “Happy Holidays!”: it’s time to support Canada’s increasing religious diversity

    Canada’s religious demographics have changed in the last 20 years. This is not being reflected in all facets of the structural fabric of society, particularly in the context of work and holidays.

  • Opposition propose BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act

    Now is the time for bi-partisan collaboration in addressing the root causes of poverty On Tuesday, May 6th, in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Michelle Mungall) introduced a private member’s Bill proposing a BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act. The Act, were it to be enacted, would…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    CCPA and SFU win prestigious research grant

    Project involving university and community researchers to study economic security in BC (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC) and Simon Fraser University are launching a five-year project that will study changes to provincial public policies that impact the economic security of British Columbians. The project, which involves an…

  • Treat intimate partner violence as the pandemic it is

    We’ve all heard it a million times during the COVID-19 pandemic: for your own safety, stay home.  To many of us, this is excellent advice. For others—almost all of them women—the combination of long hours at home and new stresses brought on by the pandemic will lead to control and…

  • October 2005: The Three E’s: Ecology, Education, Economy

    We’ve got our priorities all wrong. Ecology should always come first If we consider matters carefully, we would be wise to stop exalting our economic growth. We must begin to realize that we exist as a species because of the Earth’s own photosynthetic economy. Every moment of our lives depends…

  • Sweet heart, bitter pill: Rising, dancing, and costing violence against women in Canada

    On Valentine’s Day this year women around the world will be dancing. One Billion Rising, a new initiative from Vagina Monologues’ author Eve Ensler, calls on women to dance their way to a future without violence. Now, I’m all for dancing, but I’d like to add a little counting into the mix. …

  • Fast Fasts: Manitoba Wage Wars

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 12, 2021 Since forming government in 2016, the provincial Conservative government has aggressively pursued a policy of austerity. Working people in particular have been the targets. Yet during the pandemic, it has become fully apparent to everyone how crucial “ordinary” day-to-day workers…

  • Wall of logs await grinding up for wood pellets at pellet plant in Houston, BC. Photo: © Stand.earth.

    Burning our way to a new climate?

    As UK’s Drax makes play for BC’s wood pellet mills, questions grow about wood-fired electricity With its six massive 660-megawatt power units, the Drax power station in North Yorkshire is the United Kingdom’s largest thermal electricity plant. When it opened in the mid 1970s, the giant facility burned coal. Today,…