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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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Petronas subsidiary failed to get regulatory approval before building at least 16 large dams in BC to trap freshwater for fracking operations, CCPA investigation reveals
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned Petronas, the company behind a massive Liquefied Natural Gas plant proposal near Prince…
A Dam Big Problem
Regulatory breakdown as fracking companies in BC’s northeast build dozens of unauthorized dams Download 1.38 MB10 pages A subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned Petronas, the company…
Working for a Living Wage 2017
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 2.83 MB 8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Working…
Metro Vancouver families face increasing child care and housing costs
(Vancouver) The wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is virtually unchanged in the past year, however, child care…
Fill a prescription or fill the gas tank? Affordability is a common concern for families across BC
Today, 11 communities across BC released their local living wage rates. A living wage is the hourly amount that two working parents with two young…
A reality check on seniors poverty and inequality in BC
As recently as 40 years ago, old age meant living in poverty for more than a third of Canadian seniors. Thankfully, public programs like the…
Infographics: Seniors poverty and inequality
BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face…
Infographics: Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
Our photo essay, Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways (published alongside the study, Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors) describes the lived experiences of…
Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors
Download 2.76 MB56 pages BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the…
Half of single BC seniors living on $25K or less per year
(Vancouver) Poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors is growing, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. After rapid…
Access to seniors’ care worse today than in 2001: Bold action needed
It is becoming far too common. Many of us have a parent, relative or neighbour who has struggled to get the home support they need.…
BC seniors’ residential and home care: Less access, increased privatization, new report finds
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Despite the BC government’s recent $500 million injection of funding into the home and community care system, much…
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