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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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The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan
200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC Office joined with…
Make housing the priority for federal “shovel-ready” dollars
For the first time in a generation, the federal government is poised to become a major partner in social housing development in Canada. This creates…
Call for better construction worker safety in study released on 28th anniversary of tragic Bentall Tower IV accident
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – On the 28th anniversary of the deaths of four construction workers on the Bentall Tower IV, the BC…
Building a Safer Work Environment for BC Construction Workers
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28 years of waiting for safer construction sites
Anniversary of Bentall Tower deaths highlights need for worker involvement in safety management Twenty-eight years ago today, four construction workers plunged to their deaths when…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2009, Volume 12, Number 1 Download 462.53 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Towards a BC Poverty Reduction Plan Growing Call for the Living Wage:…
A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
Download 751.9 KB 65 pages This report lays out a comprehensive poverty reduction plan for BC. In 2009, after the report was published, the CCPA-BC,…
Poverty reduction commitment needed from all BC political parties
Concrete plan more important than ever in economic downturn: report READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–As the provincial election draws closer, a new report calls…
We all pay for poverty
BC needs a plan British Columbians are distressed by poverty and growing homelessness in our midst, but too often we feel resigned — that nothing…
After the Windfall
Plotting a New Course for BC Beyond the Softwood Lumber Agreement Download 968.71 KB29 pages
Softwood Lumber Agreement rebates not invested in BC
BC companies spend more than US$620 million on US sawmills while local forestry communities founder: study CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VICTORIA —…
The Road to Aboriginal Authority Over Child and Family Services
Considerations for an Effective Transition Download 750.21 KB44 pages In 2001, the Province of BC committed to establishing five service delivery regions for child and…
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