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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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Quarterly financial reports show tax cuts continue to bleed treasury, offer little economic gain
Vancouver–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the Finance Minister continues to adopt a Paul Martin approach to budgeting, low-balling his revenue estimates in order…
CCPA’s Dale Marshall says no one needs to fear Kyoto
The question isn’t whether to implement Kyoto, it’s how READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Dale Marshall, resource and environmental policy analyst with the Canadian…
The issue is not whether to ratify Kyoto, but how
Kyoto naysayers are predicting gloom and doom if the Chretien government goes through with ratification. They’re wrong. The question is not whether we should ratify…
Proposed human rights legislation gets failing grade
For the second time in twenty years, the Government of British Columbia has decided to abolish its Human Rights Commission. If the draft legislation set…
Sober second thoughts on liquor privatization
Lessons from Alberta In late July, the British Columbia government announced it was going to slowly phase out government liquor stores and privatize warehousing and…
BC’s ferry tendering sailing in wrong direction
Buying Canadian is no longer government policy–at least not in British Columbia. The BC provincial cabinet has directed the BC Ferry Corporation to initiate, for…
From Public Good to Private Exploitation
Electricity Deregulation, Privatization and Continental Integration Download 503.29 KB 60 pages
U.S. demand, privatization, pushing Canada toward continental electricity market
Study CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (OTTAWA) The desperate need for electricity in the U.S. is a powerful force behind the privatization of…
Cost Shift
How British Columbians are paying for their tax cut Download 344.83 KB27 pages In June 2001 the provincial government introduced massive income tax cuts. It…
New CCPA study calculates British Columbians’ “cost shift”
Study details how British Columbians fare after one year of tax and spending cuts, provides on-line tool for individuals to calculate their personal bottom line…
Public Power and the Political Economy of Electricity Competition
The Case of BC Hydro Download 179.05 KB 24 pages
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