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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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BC’s tax system fairer since 2017, richest 1% paying more but still not their fair share
Vancouver — Changes to BC’s personal tax system since 2017 have improved tax fairness, benefiting low- and middle-income earners the most while the richest 1% are…
CCPA–BC 2024 Gala – featuring keynote speaker Dr. Vandana Shiva
Mark your calendars! On Thursday, November 7th, the CCPA–BC Gala returns, and we couldn’t be more excited to announce this year’s keynote speaker: Dr. Vandana Shiva.
The Monitor – Summer 2024
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit home, the walls rapidly closed in—especially for women.
Canada’s Broken Promises to Migrant Care Workers
VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs,…
New statistics show one third of BC workers don’t earn a living wage
VANCOUVER — The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new…
Minimum wage is not a living wage: BC
VANCOUVER—The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new statistics…
Trapped in the wage gap
Even with the June 1 minimum wage increase, one in three BC employees will earn less than their community’s living wage—over 740,000 people.Far too many…
New report sets out bold 10-year plan for integrated public transit throughout BC
UNCEDED SQUAMISH, TSLEIL-WAUTUTH AND MUSEQUEAM TERRITORIES/BURNABY, B.C.—Within the next decade, British Columbia’s local transit systems could be united into an upgraded provincewide public transit network,…
BC Solutions Magazine
In this issue of BC Solutions Magazine: Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy A paradox in Covid-19 recovery
Expanding democratic employee ownership in Canada
VANCOUVER — The federal government is considering ways for employees to have more ownership and control in their workplace by tabling legislation to create a new…
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