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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 Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2005, Volume 8, Number 3 Download 703.22 KB8 pages Inside this issue: After the Referendum: What Next for Electoral Reform? Maximizing Benefits from the…
Playing Off the Ports
BC and the Cruise Tourism Industry Download 514.44 KB 24 pages
BC can get more bang from cruise tourism and promote stability for port communities
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – Recent developments in cruise ship tourism suggest that BC needs a coordinated strategy for developing the industry. Such…
Canada’s looming forestry crisis
People rarely get excited about bugs, except in summertime when mosquitoes swarm and thoughts turn to West Nile Virus. But there is plenty to get…
Investing now to stave off BC’s beetle crises in future
Timelines in forestry are long, far longer than election cycles, which is why governments of all political stripes are often reluctant to invest in reforestation.…
More action, increased investments by province needed to fight pine beetle
(Vancouver) The BC government should spend a minimum of $118 million more per year for the next five years on research, reforestation and restoration efforts…
Battling the Beetle
Taking Action to Restore British Columbia’s Interior Forests Download 1.39 MB 53 pages Attachments SUMMARY (4 pages): Battling the Beetle
Awash in money
New federal budget more than affordable The federal budget still has one more major hurdle to clear before winning final approval from parliament. It will…
Supreme Court ruling bolsters need for public solutions
Anatole France, the famous French historian, in 1894 noted the irony that “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the…
BC’s Regional Divide
How Tax and Spending Policies Affect BC Communities Download 460.04 KB 60 pages This study builds on analysis originally published in Bleeding the Hinterland: A…
What goes up must come down: Budget cuts make BC communities more economically vulnerable
BC’s economy is a lot like a rollercoaster ride. Commodity prices for our resource exports (like energy, forest and mining products) go up and down…
Commodity-driven economic boost masks growing BC regional divide
(Vancouver) Provincial taxation and spending policies have worsened the gap between BC’s two economies — the diversified Lower Mainland and Victoria areas, and the more…
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