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Poverty comes with a high price tag
It’s no secret that British Columbia has a problem with poverty. Many of us do our part and contribute to food drives and other worthy…
CCPA Review: Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Setting Social Assistance Rates
Over the past ten years, we have begun to see provincial governments across the country implement poverty reduction plans in various forms. Manitoba is the…
The Cost of Poverty in BC
Download 1.55 MB45 pages Help change the conversation about poverty: READ the report or summary SHARE the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_nkCi-pVo TAKE ACTION http://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca Attachments The Cost…
What is poverty costing us in BC?
What is poverty costing us in BC? Help change the conversation about poverty: SHARE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_nkCi-pVoLEARN http://www.policyalternatives.ca/costofpovertybcTAKE ACTION Look up your MLA using the MLA Finder at…
Together We Have Clout
Community Led Organizations United Together (CLOUT) is a coalition of nine community-based organizations providing direct service to inner-city children and families. They include: Andrew Street…
Fast Facts: The expiration of operating agreements in social housing
The beginning of the end? One of the most pressing issues facing social housing providers is the ongoing expiration of long-term operating agreements. These subsidies,…
Thanks to Wikileaks
Myth of Canada’s non-involvement in Iraq war discredited “One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has…
A decade of eroding tax fairness in BC
Ask a British Columbian about taxes these days, and you’ll likely hear about the HST. But the HST is just one of many tax changes…
Transformative Writing among Inner-City Adults:
A Case Study Evaluation of the Open Roads, Life Learning Pilot Program Download 1.07 MB29 pages
The Internet Tree
The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0 Download 1.71 MB218 pages In this collection, committed public interest advocates and academics present primers on provocative…
BC’s Regressive Tax Shift
A Decade of Diminishing Tax Fairness, 2000–2010 Attachments A Decade of Eroding Tax Fairness in BC: Time for progressive tax reform
Incomes in Canada: Booming and Busted
Today’s release of the annual Income in Canada report is Statistics Canada’s first word on the impact of the Great Recession on Canadians’ incomes. The…
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