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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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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…
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BC mills are quickly running out of wood
On January 20, the town of Burns Lake received national attention when a horrific explosion and ensuing inferno at the local sawmill killed two mill…
Subsidizing dirty industries with expensive clean electricity is a recipe for major rate hikes
Premier Clark’s recent decision to cap the BC Hydro rate increases next year may have ratepayers breathing a sigh of relief. But it’s a short…
Clean electricity, conservation and a zero-carbon future
Today we released a new Climate Justice Project report, Clean Electricity, Conservation and Climate Justice in BC: Meeting our energy needs in a zero-carbon future, co-authored by…
Cheap electricity for mining, oil and gas companies means higher bills for BC’s residential customers, more greenhouse gas emissions
(Vancouver) A new study warns that mining, oil and gas corporations are putting increasingly large demands on BC’s hydroelectricity system – essentially using clean energy…
Clean Electricity, Conservation and Climate Justice in BC
Meeting our energy needs in a zero-carbon future Download 3.58 MB42 pages Update, July 18, 2012: The day after we released this study, the provincial…
A Green Industrial Revolution
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A Green Industrial Revolution
Climate Justice, Green Jobs and Sustainable Production in Canada Download 1.64 MB64 pages To fight against catastrophic climate change, Canada needs to reduce greenhouse gas…
Five reasons why you should support a move to low tuition fees in Canada
Much of the media coverage of the Quebec student protests has dismissed the protestors as spoiled children trying to protect their unfair privilege (Quebec has…
BC’s Election Act doesn’t just throttle the big spenders, it crushes the grassroots
The BC government wants you to shut up during the next election. That’s the message that emerges when you read between the lines of its…
Inequality undermines collective action on climate change
Much has been written of late about the costs of inequality — the social and health costs, the costs to democracy and social cohesion, and…
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