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BC seniors’ residential and home care: Less access, increased privatization, new report finds
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Despite the BC government’s recent $500 million injection of funding into the home and community care system, much…
Privatization & Declining Access to BC Seniors’ Care
An urgent call for policy change Download 10.78 MB 32 pages Home and community care services in BC—home health care, assisted living and residential care—require…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
March 2017 Download 1.42 MB12 pages In this issue: BC’s new (affordable?) housing policies A bleak jobs picture outside BC’s big cities The great log…
Mapping Political Influence
Political donations and lobbying by the fossil fuel industry in BC Download 3.91 MB32 pages This study examines the political reach of the fossil fuel industry…
Infographics: The fossil fuel industry’s access to the BC government
Mapping Political Influence examines the political reach of the fossil fuel industry in British Columbia, as evidenced by donations to political parties and lobbying efforts by…
$5.2 million in political donations and more than 22,000 lobbying contacts
Study reveals scale of influence by fossil fuel industry on BC government, public officials READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A new study finds…
5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear
The role of big money and corporate lobbying in BC politics has become a major issue as we head into the May provincial election. It’s…
Province needs to focus on value-added forestry rather than LNG pipedream
With the BC government’s promise of tens of thousands of jobs in a new liquefied natural gas industry in tatters, the province’s long-neglected forest industry…
It’s time for the BC government to curb raw log exports and boost value-added forestry jobs, say unions and environmental groups
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other four-year period…
The Great Log Export Drain
Download 128.35 KB9 pages This short two-part report shows that between 2013 and 2016, more raw logs were shipped from BC than during any other…
A BC poverty reduction plan is long overdue
As the BC government prepares to table its budget on February 21 and political parties try to convince British Columbians to vote for them in…
BC Budget 2017 a missed opportunity
VICTORIA–Budget 2017 is a missed opportunity to address vital issues facing BC families like persistent poverty, unaffordable child care and the crises in seniors’ care,…
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