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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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Managing the cost of Olympic gold
Vancouver has won the opportunity to host the world at the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The widespread (though not universal) display of triumphant…
Fish farms no cure for BC’s economic ills
There is a mistaken perception among many British Columbians that BC’s wild fish stocks are dying and that we need salmon aquaculture to replace the…
A Bad Time to be Poor
An Analysis of British Columbia’s New Welfare Policies Download 530.22 KB53 pages
BC government warned that new welfare policies combined with slow economy spell upheaval, hardship in communities across the province
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – BC’s provincial government received a warning today from researchers who say its package of new welfare rules is…
Sobering Result
The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years after Privatization Download 597.94 KB62 pages
The 10-year hangover
Albertans are paying the higher social, financial costs of liquor retail privatization CLICK HERE TO READ FULL REPORT. EDMONTON–Ten years after the government of Alberta…
A bad time to be poor
Welfare (social assistance) is a critical element of our social safety net. It is an expression of social solidarity–one of the ways we have chosen…
CCPA study calls for independent public sector comparison of RAV P3 by Auditor General
Author recommends against P3 arrangement, citing higher costs, poor risk transfer and failure of similar projects elsewhere READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) The author…
High Risk
An Analysis of the Proposed Public-Private Partnership for the Richmond/Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project Download 301.18 KB30 pages
Three weddings and a funeral
Government plans for electricity in BC The provincial government has embarked on a massive redesign of BC’s electricity system. Throughout this process of radical restructuring…
The P3 approach to financing transit projects will cost us more
It is more than a little mischievous for the provincial government and regional politicians to welcome the private sector contributing to the massive cost of…
May is child care month, but BC has nothing to celebrate
After years on the back pages, child care is once again on the agenda. The federal government is talking about a national child care plan…
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