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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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True Partners
Charting a New Deal for BC, First Nations and the Forests We Share Download 823.42 KB73 pages
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2007, Volume 10, Number 1 Download 1.73 MB12 pages Inside this special health care edition: Let’s Talk about Health Care What’s in the Basket?…
10 ways we can improve the lives of low-income British Columbians
This is the season when we find ourselves particularly conscious of poverty and homelessness, but this year more so than usual. British Columbians are faced…
Softwood Lumber Agreement spells trouble for jobs in BC’s forest-dependent communities
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, if it is ratified by the Canadian Parliament, spells bad news…
Softwood Sellout
How BC Bowed to the US and Got Saddled with the Softwood Lumber Agreement Download 741.06 KB12 pages
Fiscal policy and smear campaigns
In the current political environment, a government running a deficit is bad bad bad. We have reverted to an idea that dominated economic thought in…
Is BC’s Health Care System Sustainable?
A Closer Look at the Costs of Aging and Technology Download 403.25 KB29 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Is BC’s Health Care System Sustainable?
Will an aging population bring BC’s health care system to its artificial knees?
One argument you are likely to hear in BC’s new “conversation on health” is that public health care is unsustainable because our population is aging…
Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: economist
(Vancouver) Fears that health care costs will spiral out of control as BC’s population ages are greatly exaggerated, according to a new study released today…
A better way to set welfare rates
Last week’s announcement by Premier Campbell that the government will increase the shelter allowance for people receiving welfare is welcome news. This long-overdue policy reversal…
Softwood deal will spur more raw log exports
The recent vote in the House of Commons ratifying the softwood lumber agreement with the United States may bring temporary relief in Canada’s long running…
How Does BC Rank on Open and Accountable Government?
The Government’s Approach to the Auditor General and Access to Information Download 173.64 KB11 pages
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