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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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Legal Aid Denied
Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC Download 343.56 KB31 pages Attachments BC Issues Primer: Cuts to Legal Aid
Women paying price of legal services cutbacks
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid…
From monster deficits to monster surpluses: What happened?
The recent announcement by Finance Minister Gary Collins that BC is now expected to post a $1.2 billion surplus in 2004/05 caught many by surprise.…
Running on Empty
BC’s energy policy will leave us stranded To get a picture of how British Columbia uses energy, imagine the province as a car. It’s not…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2004, Volume 7, Number 3 Download 1.28 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Shifting to a Sustainable Energy Plan for BC Shifting the Cost of…
Province ignores need for new social housing, diverts federal dollars to health care
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–The provincial government is playing a shell game with social housing in BC, diverting $89 million in federal funds earmarked…
Home Insecurity
The State of Social Housing Funding in BC Download 177.33 KB20 pages
Does size (of government) matter?
When Canadians went to the polls last June they chose, in policy terms, new spending by the federal government over shrinking government through more tax…
Running on Empty
Shifting to a Sustainable Energy Plan for BC Download 570.95 KB56 pages
BC Government failing on energy security and sustainability
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – British Columbia is headed for an energy crunch if it doesn’t make sweeping changes to the sector with…
The (Real) Bottom Line: Public-Private Partnerships
Issue #2 Attachments The (real) Bottom Line: P3s
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