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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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Is BC breaking its GHG law by pursuing natural gas development?
Today we released a new report by yours truly, BC’s Legislated Greenhouse Gas Targets vs Natural Gas Development: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. It was just…
BC’s move to escalate natural gas production is contrary to government’s own GHG legislation: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – Just five years ago the BC government legislated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but the province’s…
BC’s Legislated Greenhouse Gas Targets vs Natural Gas Development
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Download 593.1 KB12 pages
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2012, Volume 15, Number 3 Download 1.13 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times…
What’s Next for BC’s Carbon Tax?
Carbon tax per household Credit per household Net carbon tax Bottom 10% $372 $770 $(398) D2 $537 $770 $(233) D3 $765 $904 $(139) D4…
Building a Fair and Effective Carbon Tax to Meet BC’s Greenhouse Gas Targets
Submission to the BC Carbon Tax Review Download 1.4 MB 4 pages
BC MLAs take wrong approach to timber supply crisis
Ever since mid May, when a special committee of the provincial legislature was appointed to address a looming “timber supply” crisis, questions have arisen about…
Remarks to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s Special Committee on Timber Supply
Attachments Remarks to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s Special Committee on Timber Supply
BC’s focus on liquefied natural gas makes no sense for climate or economy
In 2009, British Gas, a leader in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, submitted a voluminous environmental assessment report for a massive new gas…
Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times
A recent landmark investigation by BC’s Ombudsperson highlighted the serious problems seniors experience in accessing affordable high-quality home and community-based services (such as residential care,…
Continued reductions in access to seniors care lead to hospital overcrowding, longer wait times: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) BC seniors face continued reductions in access to key home and community care services, with serious consequences…
Infographic: BC needs more, not fewer, services for seniors
Read the news release here.
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