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The Enbridge pipeline isn’t BC’s only major environmental threat. Find out how the provincial Natural Gas Strategy (including fracking) makes it impossible for us to…
SEE A 2-MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT BC’S NATURAL GAS STRATEGY. Vancouver—Leading environmental organizations, unions and a wide range of other groups are calling on the government…
Reform Ideas for Raising New Revenues and Enhancing Fairness Attachments Progressive Tax Options for BC — SUMMARY
British Columbians are being inundated with government ads trumpeting that we have the lowest taxes in Canada. But BC’s low taxes are nothing to boast…
(Vancouver) The BC government likes to boast that our province has the lowest personal and corporate income taxes in Canada, but a new report says…
Given the short duration of the upcoming legislative session and the provincial election to follow, a government plan to introduce a scant two-paragraph bill granting…
Testimony to the Joint Review Panel on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project By Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives January 16, 2013 My name is Marc…
Climate change forced its way onto the political agenda in 2012, as Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeast United Stages just days before the election.…
An op-ed of mine was published by the Vancouver Sun today: What’s next for BC’s carbon tax? Climate change forced its way onto the political…
Winter 2013, Volume 16, Number 1 Download 1.06 MB8 pages Inside this issue: British Columbians are ready for a thoughtful conversation about taxes by Shannon Daub,…
Natural gas is not and never has been a clean fuel. Yet almost daily, industry and government alike assert that it is a vitally important…
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