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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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BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
June 2020 Download 1.53 MB12 pages In this issue: Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19 Income assistance relief measures Blockades aren’t the…
Made-in-Canada solution needed to ensure masks and other essential medical supplies there for next pandemic, says CCPA
VANCOUVER – Canada should aim to become completely self-sufficient in producing masks and other essential medical supplies needed during pandemics and rely on the country’s…
Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
—With partial reopening on the horizon, more workers may be vulnerable than official statistics suggest— VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make…
Comparing provincial economic responses to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance of collective responses via governments at all levels. The Canadian context of federalism, with a division of…
BC should transition to 100% non-profit and public delivery of seniors care post-crisis: researchers
READ THE REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors care system and after the crisis…
Charities and non-profits need federal emergency wage subsidy immediately to avoid crisis
(VANCOUVER) Canadian charities and non-profit organizations should immediately qualify for the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program or they’ll be forced into crisis, say Shannon…
Bold Action in an Extraordinary Time
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What should be next for BC workers and families after the initial federal COVID-19 relief package?
The federal government’s newly announced COVID-19 economic relief measures are a good start to aiding people and businesses whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the…
Blockades aren’t the crisis. It’s the crumbling legitimacy of Canada’s democracy
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Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries good for climate, jobs and communities, new report
VANCOUVER — If BC is to meet its emissions targets and not perpetuate the climate crisis, it must phase out its fossil fuel industries by…
Winding Down BC’s Fossil Fuel Industries
Planning for climate justice in a zero-carbon economy Download 3.26 MB44 pages For British Columbia to meet its emissions targets and not perpetuate the climate…
BC Budget 2020 stays the course, missing opportunities to ramp up crucial social and environmental investments
VICTORIA — In its third budget, the BC government delivered on the final year of investment commitments set out in its ambitious 2018 budget, but…
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