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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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Deregulation and BC’s Crown Corporations
What’s the deal? We’re hearing a lot during this election about opening up BC’s Crown Corporations to “competition”–a more attractive term for deregulation and a…
New CCPA study says addiction not just a drug problem, and solutions must address economic globalization
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that the current debate…
The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Society
Download 236.49 KB31 pages This paper is a thoughtful examination of the origins of addiction in modern free market society. It breaks from the narrow…
À l’intérieur de la forteresse
Les enjeux des négociations sur la ZLEA Download 343.79 KB57 pages
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2001, Volume 4, Number 2 Download 215.82 KB4 pages Inside this issue: BC versus Washington State: How do we Compare? BC’s Economy at the…
Dentro De La Fortaleza
Lo Que Ocurre En Las Negociaciones Del Alca Sobre el Autor Marc Lee es Investigador Económico del Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, en Columbia Británica.…
Une nouvelle étude examine les négociations de libre-échange des Amériques qui se déroulent derrière les fortifications de la ville de Québec
(Ottawa)–Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives a émis un nouveau rapport aujourd’hui, qui jette de la lumière sur la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques. En…
Inside the Fortress
What’s Going on at the FTAA Negotiations Download 356.59 KB36 pages
New study peers behind the fortified walls of Quebec City at the Americas free trade negotiations (FTAA)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa)–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new report today that sheds light on the Free Trade…
BC’s NDP Government
Spendthrift or Overly Restrained? Download 108.26 KB
Just give us the money
There is something so disheartening about having to argue in favour of pay equity in the 21st century. How can this still be a controversial…
Depressing Wages
Why Welfare Cuts Hurt Both the Welfare and Working Poor Download 300.19 KB27 pages
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