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Cost of Doing Nothing
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Download 1.27 MB44 pages As the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) continues, a…
Fast Facts: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The cost of doing nothing to prevent tragedy As the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) continues, a new study looks…
Prove Yourself!
Barriers to accessing ID for low-income Manitobans Government-issued identification (ID) is essential to gain access to a wide range of government entitlements, commercial services and…
An environmental mess: BC government needs to bring gas industry and regulator under tighter control
Few environmental messes inherited by the new B.C. government rival the unregulated free-for-all that has unfolded in the province’s northeast where companies that frack for…
Regarding Progress Energy’s exemption applications regarding its Lily and Town dams
Submission to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office Download 232.03 KB7 pages Resource Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt sent this letter to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
September 2017 Download 2.79 MB12 pages In this issue: New political terrain, new possibilities, and new challenges CCPA-BC’s 20th Anniversary Gala with Senator Murray Sinclair…
Social Impact Bonds and the Financing of Child Welfare
Download 802.78 KB28 pages Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a relatively new way of financing social services in Canada. They differ from the normal way…
Debunking the Fraser Institute’s latest scaremongering on Indigenous rights
In a particularly repugnant move, the Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp…
The Monitor, July/August 2017
Summer Reading Download 5.95 MB This expanded version of the Monitor summer reading guide takes a break from frenetic social media feeds to assess the…
Canada 150: Reconciling who we are with who we want to be
We all want to feel good about what Canada stands for. From progress on LGBTQ rights, to communities coming together to support new immigrants, to…
The energy industry’s insatiable thirst for water threatens First Nations’ rights
In early May, evidence emerged that natural gas companies had built dozens of large dams during a poorly regulated building spree. As many as 60…
Infographic: The fracking industry is guzzling water, BC First Nations are paying the price
Our latest report looks at the growing concerns that First Nations in British Columbia have with the fossil fuel industry’s increasing need for large volumes…
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