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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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Extracted Carbon
Re-examining Canada’s contribution to climate change through fossil fuel exports Download 2.8 MB 34 pages This study re-examines Canada’s contribution to global climate change in…
Infographic: Is Canada exporting its climate problem?
Our latest study shows a dramatic rise in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel extraction. In 2015 (the most recent year there was data…
Canada responsible for ballooning greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel exports: new study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The amount of fossil fuel removed from Canadian soil that ends up in the atmosphere as harmful carbon dioxide has…
BC home to Canada’s second highest poverty rate
New report: Province must stop rejecting need for poverty reduction plan READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – BC’s poverty rate is virtually unchanged from…
Infographic: BC is the only province without a poverty reduction plan
BC’s poverty rate is virtually unchanged from where it was a decade ago – yet the province remains the only one in Canada without a…
Long Overdue
Why BC needs a poverty reduction plan Download 1.86 MB 44 pages BC is Canada’s only province without a poverty reduction plan. This report examines…
Trump and Trudeau are gunning to massively privatize infrastructure – and it’s going to cost you
As with most of Donald Trump’s policy ideas, details are still sparse on his plan for rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure. But two main pillars of…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2017 Download 2.59 MB12 pages Looking for BC Update and BC Commentary? Look no further. We’ve combined the two to create BC Solutions. Through this…
Federal Kinder Morgan decision short-sighted
Fossil fuel interests put before those of public, First Nations Vancouver – Today’s federal government decision to approve the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline expansion while…
2016 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture with Pierre Fortin
Full audio Slides Download the slides (PDF) Event photos —Learn more about the 2016 Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture with Pierre Fortin
The biggest source of waste in Canadian health care? The private, for-profit sector
Brian Day’s legal battle against universal public health care in Canada is now before the BC Supreme Court. Day—along with other would-be profit-makers—are hawking unprecedented…
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