BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends

September 14, 2012

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Fall 2012, Volume 15, Number 3

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Inside this issue:

Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times by Marcy Cohen
Subsidizing dirty industries with expensive clean electricity is a recipe for major rate hikes by John Calvert and Marc Lee
Clean electricity and climate justice update by John Calvert and Marc Lee
Liquefied natural gas projects make no sense by Ben Parfitt
New BC welfare rules: Some positive steps forward (and a couple steps back) by Seth Klein
The case for exempting child support from welfare by Kendra Milne
Metro Vancouver living wage in 2012: $19.14/hour by Iglika Ivanova and Seth Klein

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