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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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Who Pays for University Education in BC? Download 2.88 MB33 pages This study shows that university graduates more than pay off the cost of their…
Activity Based Funding won’t solve waitlists and overcrowding in hospitals, creates barriers to needed reforms: Study
READ THe REPORT summary HERE. VANCOUVER–As Canada’s premiers meet in Victoria to discuss different approaches to health system reform, a new study raises serious concerns…
Beyond the Hospital Walls
Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform Attachments Beyond the Hospital Walls: Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform — SUMMARY
Inequality and Climate Injustice: A Durban Post-Mortem
The United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, ended 2011 with a whimper. After a year in which climate disasters rolled across the…
On climate, Canada is a rogue state
On Sunday, CTV leaked Canada’s intentions to pull out of the Kyoto treaty process on climate change. What is significant about Kyoto is that it is a…
The New Politics Initiative: Ten Years After
Rabble.ca is running a series of reflections on the tenth anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, which sought to create a more democratic politics in…
Peddling Greenhouse Gases
What is the Carbon Footprint of Canada’s Fossil Fuel Exports? Download 439.05 KB 8 pages This report reviews emissions from Canada’s export of fossil fuels,…
Challenging capitalism: a 12-step program
Over a year ago, I posted “What are the Game Changers?“, an attempt at sparking some strategic thinking for the broader left. Now that we’ve…
Who Occupies the Sky?
CCPA released a new report today by myself and Amanda Card that makes the links between inequality and carbon footprints. We look at the distribution of greenhouse…
Who Occupies the Sky?
The Distribution of GHGs in Canada Download 340.23 KB7 pages To create effective policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is important to identify…
BC’s expansion of shale gas fracking puts our water and climate goals at risk
Don’t believe the hype. British Columbia’s natural gas is far from the “clean,” “green,” “transitional” fuel that the energy industry and provincial government claim it…
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