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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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State of the BC Economy 2004
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Summer 2004, Volume 7, Number 2 Download 808.86 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Putting Kids to Work: The Deregulation of Child Labour in BC by…
Health care privatization eliminates pay equity gains
BC now has lowest hospital support wages in Canada CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Privatization has eliminated 30 years of pay equity…
A Return to Wage Discrimination
Pay Equity Losses Through the Privatization of Health Care Download 220.05 KB26 pages Attachments French Summary: A Return to Wage Discrimination
Indecent Proposal
The Case Against a Canada-U.S. Customs Union Download 210.88 KB28 pages
Canada has little to gain, much to lose from a customs union with the U.S.
Report OTTAWA–Among the proposals for closer economic ties between Canada and the United States is a call for a Customs Union, which would entail a…
Budgeting transparency
Ottawa could learn from Victoria If the recent federal budget was a conscious attempt by the government to address the fallout from the sponsorship scandal,…
Who’s Looking Out for Our Kids?
Deregulating Child Labour Law in BC Download 203.86 KB24 pages
BC now has lowest child labour standards in North America
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – Recent changes to the province’s Employment Standards Act mean BC is now the most child labour-friendly jurisdiction in…
CN’s track record
No reason to celebrate the BC Rail deal Last year’s tragic case of a bridge failure near McBride, and the loss of railway employees’ lives,…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2004, Volume 7, Number 1 Download 605.47 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Who’s Cutting Classes: Untangling the Spin about K-12 Education in BC Are…
Take the welfare time limit off the books
The Government of British Columbia now says that, over the next year, only 339 people will be affected by the 24-month time limit on welfare…
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