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Lac-Mégantic
Loose Ends and Unanswered Questions Download 1.52 MB52 pages According to this study, investigations to date into the Lac-Mégantic disaster—the most comprehensive of which is…
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
Download 2.62 MB 27 pages This paper examines often-ignored questions of climate justice: given Canada’s historical and ongoing contribution to global warming, what is our…
Time for BC to start preparing for climate migration: A question of justice
The world is already witnessing severe impacts of climate change on lives and livelihoods. Global damage from climate change and fossil fuel development was estimated…
Fracking—Dollars and Sense
This commentary, by Michael Bradfield, a member of the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Facturing (Fracking) Review Panel, clarifies the economics of adopting a serious ban on exploration…
Competitiveness vs. public benefits: The LNG tax and regulatory regime
This fall’s legislative sitting will be an important one for shaping the future of LNG in BC. Will one or more companies make final investment…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2014, Volume 17, Number 3 Download 1.99 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention by Andrew Longhurst Don’t…
Willful Blindness?
Regulatory Failures Behind the Lac-Mégantic Disaster Download 631.47 KB32 pages This report, by CCPA Executive Director Bruce Campbell details eight key ways in which regulatory…
New report chronicles regulatory failures behind Lac-Mégantic
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In advance of tomorrow’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) final report into why a train loaded with crude oil…
Work Life: Seeds Planted for Green Economy in Manitoba
Last week, I was in Winnipeg and elsewhere in southern Manitoba for a roundtable and a series of field visits. Representing the Green Economy Network…
Short Circuited
Assessing the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party’s Energy Policy Download 244.17 KB15 pages Part of the Ontario Conservative Party’s “one million jobs” promise is based on…
Lac-Mégantic : camouflage de la vérité derrière l’échec de la réglementation
La semaine dernière, 10 mois après la catastrophe qui a frappé la ville de Lac‑Mégantic, les procureurs du gouvernement du Québec ont déposé des accusations…
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