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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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CCPA-BC Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
Download 1.92 MB 8 pages This submission was made to the BC government Rental Housing Task Force to recommend controlling rental costs in British Columbia and specific measures…
Pension investments fuel the climate change crisis, new report reveals
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation is a little-known financial institution, however, its actions are vital to BC’s and Canada’s…
Canada’s Fossil-Fuelled Pensions
The Case of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation Download 1.57 MB32 pages The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), formerly known as bcIMC, is a…
BC Public Pensions Fuel Climate Change Crisis
If you have a public pension in BC, your retirement savings are likely fuelling the climate change crisis. The pensions of over half a million…
CCPA calls on Auditor General to investigate stunning $1-billion annual increase in provincial natural gas-drilling subsidy program
VANCOUVER – An unprecedented increase in a special “credit” account set up by the BC government to subsidize the fracking industry should be immediately investigated…
British Columbians shortchanged billions from fossil fuel industry revenues
Earlier this year, Premier John Horgan announced that the British Columbia government was prepared to offer billions of dollars in tax breaks to Royal Dutch…
Fossil fuel companies broke numerous rules intended to protect threatened caribou, suppressed report shows
VANCOUVER – BC’s Oil and Gas Commission sat on a damaging audit for nearly four years that showed companies that drill and frack for natural…
From housing market to human right: A view from Metro Vancouver
Submission to the Government of Canada, National Housing Strategy public consultations Download 1.97 MB7 pages This submission was made to the Government of Canada’s consultation on National Housing…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
May 2018 Download 2.61 MB12 pages In this issue: Standing up to the corporate backlash Research and commentary on Kinder Morgan Relax. Employer health taxes…
Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff
There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even…
CCPA’s Seth Klein to step down as BC Director
(Vancouver) After nearly 22 years of service with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the country’s foremost social justice research institute, Seth Klein has decided…
Pipeline feud underscores need for evidence-based energy strategy
Canada’s long-term energy security needs and climate commitments cannot be met without major changes: study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — A new study by…
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