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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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Western Canada needs real climate action, not disingenuous arguments
In Western Canada’s slow lurch towards sane climate and energy policy, two prominent arguments have been advanced for the continuation of business-as-usual for the fossil…
Budget 2018: Major investments in child care and affordable housing welcome
Commitments still needed for climate change and poverty reduction VICTORIA—Significant investments in child care and affordable housing in today’s budget will greatly improve the lives…
Ten things to know about homelessness in B.C.
On February 20, the British Columbia government will table its next provincial budget. With that in mind, it’s useful to reflect on the province’s homelessness…
An evening with Winona LaDuke in Vancouver, BC (audio and slideshow)
Narrated slideshow Audio only On January 19, 2018, Winona LaDuke—an internationally renowned environmental activist working on issues of sustainable development and renewable energy—gave a public…
Dramatic change to regional-based forestry needed to best serve British Columbians and forest-dependent communities, says new report
VANCOUVER—BC must dramatically change how forestry is managed and governed if it hopes to reverse today’s troubling trends, says Bob Williams, who served as the…
It’s time for forestry to benefit British Columbians not multinational companies
There was a time when securing a good-paying forestry job in British Columbia was not just an option but an expectation for many.
Restoring Forestry in BC
The story of the industry’s decline and the case for regional management Download 3.69 MB36 pages This report finds that instead of environmental stewardship, BC…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2018 Download 3.23 MB12 pages In this issue: Fossil fuel industry accustomed to guarding the hen house, documents reveal Call for public inquiry into…
Asking British Columbians about electoral reform
CCPA-BC submission on the electoral reform process Download 1.8 MB6 pages The CCPA-BC sent this submission to the BC Government’s How We Vote consultation, which requests feedback…
Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that…
Canada is still a rogue state on climate change
It has now been two years since world leaders created the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. At those meetings, the Canadian delegation joined a broad…
Newly disclosed data shows need for inquiry into fracking
In May 2014, British Columbia’s then Minister of Natural Gas Development, Rich Coleman, came out swinging when a team of Canadian and American scientists issued…
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