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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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Coastal forest communities need a new deal
In October 2005, shareholders with one of Canada’s largest forest companies got great news.
Canada, stood up
Would someone please forward me a copy of the memo? You know, the one that banishes the term “tax cuts” in favour of “tax relief”.…
Nova Scotians need relief from under-funding not tax cuts: Alternative NS Budget
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (HALIFAX): Nova Scotians continue to fall behind the rest of Canadians in the level of services they receive…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring/Summer 2006, Volume 9, Number 2 Download 1.22 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Denied Assistance: Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC Public Transit…
A Better Way to Set Welfare Rates
Download 588.21 KB4 pages Attachments Welfare rates opinion poll resultsBudget Savings on the Backs of the Poor
CCPA calls on province to raise welfare rates
Arbitrary cuts, inflation have driven down benefit rates by 30% since mid-90s READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
Budget Savings on the Backs of the Poor
Who Paid the Price for Welfare Benefit Cuts in BC Download 585.47 KB 4 pages Attachments A Better Way to Set Welfare Rates Welfare rates…
A call for accountability at the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
The government has now been decisively called to account for its harmful policy choices at the Ministry of Children and Families. Justice Ted Hughes confirms…
Study finds BC’s welfare system denying assistance to people in need, ‘diverting’ many to homelessness and hardship
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A major study released today finds that BC’s welfare system is systematically discouraging, delaying and denying assistance…
Denied Assistance
Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC Attachments Summary: Denied Assistance: Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC Access to welfare opinion poll…
A Walk in the Woods
A long-time logger I know once quipped that “greed and stupidity make a lethal cocktail and this industry’s been drinking doubles for a long time.”…
$145 million and counting in compensation for “lost” timber
Forest industry sweet deal In October 2005, shareholders with one of Canada’s largest forest companies got great news. As part of a plan to redistribute…
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