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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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Closing the Loop
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs Through Zero Waste in BC Attachments Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs…
The campaign to discredit BC Auditor General’s report on carbon neutrality
For months, vested interests in government and the private sector have known that a damning report was in the offing by BC’s outgoing Auditor General,…
Canada’s Carbon Liabilities
The Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets for Financial Markets and Pension Funds Download 1.57 MB 58 pages This study looks at the implications of…
Fossil fuel divestment necessary in order to avoid “carbon bubble”: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s economy is experiencing a “carbon bubble” that could have significant consequences for Canada’s financial markets and pension…
Boom in temporary migrant workers creates a vulnerable workforce, increases workplace inequality
In 2013, for the first time in Canadian history, retirees will outnumber young people entering the workforce. Immigration is a sensible way to offset population…
BC has plenty of room to raise taxes
We have argued previously that British Columbians are open to tax increases, and that the province would be well advised to increase revenues so that…
Seniors Fact Sheet: Health Care
<Click here to download this fact sheet in English (PDF)> <Haga clic aquí para ver la versión española (PDF)> <Click here to download this fact…
In BC, a new openness to taxes
These are certainly interesting times. For all the faults in last week’s BC budget (and there were many), it’s worth noting that the conversation about…
BC in 2040: A Story by Marc Lee
BYB#3_BC in 2040: A Story by Marc Lee
Industry gets credits, schoolyards get stumps
Picture a savvy land developer who has just purchased 1,000 acres of forestland on a city’s outskirts. He plans to cut most of the trees…
BC forest bill urgently in need of a rewrite
It wasn’t so long ago that the British Columbia government was investing lots of political capital in striking a more productive “new relationship” with First…
Parliamentary reform idea: Get out of the House
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