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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
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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Set minimum wages above poverty line: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Not a single province in Canada pays a minimum wage that lifts working Canadians out of poverty, concludes…
Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line
Attachments Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line SUMMARY: Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line
What’s missing from the “housing” budget?
The housing. BC Budget 2007 is a “housing budget” that does not build much housing. The budget commits to a mere 250 new social housing…
The Myth of Interprovincial Trade Barriers and TILMA’s Alleged Economic Benefits
Download 512.41 KB10 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Asking for Trouble (TILMA) Behind the Numbers: The Myth of Interprovincial Trade Barriers & TILMA’s Alleged Economic Benefits
BC-Alberta “trade” agreement a bad deal that should not be expanded to other provinces: studies
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa and Vancouver–The BC and Alberta governments should not implement the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), according to…
Asking for Trouble
The Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Download 512.41 KB 42 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Asking for Trouble (TILMA) Behind the Numbers: The Myth of Interprovincial…
Bogus budgets
Carole Taylor has the cash to solve BC’s pressing needs — but will she admit it? BC’s provincial budget has become more fiction than fact…
BC surplus to top $3 billion this year and next
CCPA calls for bold action on poverty and homelessness READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – BC’s budget forecasts have become more fiction than fact,…
Securing a Sustainable Future for BC’s Forest Communities
Speech to the Stand Up for the North Conference Download 204.26 KB10 pages Excerpt: “Before talking a bit about where the opportunities lie to strengthen…
True Partners
Charting a New Deal for BC, First Nations and the Forests We Share Download 823.42 KB73 pages
Province should share forest revenues 50-50 with First Nations
Stronger commitment needed for a long-term “new relationship” READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–BC should turn half of the roughly $1 billion it collects annually…
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