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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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Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic expectations about…
Drugs in the News
How Well Do Canadian Newspapers Report the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of New Prescription Drugs? Download 574.86 KB42 pages Attachments A Journalist’s Guide…
BC consumers will pay for radical overhaul of BC Hydro
Study warns of plan to hand operation of BC electricity transmission system over to U.S. agency without public discussion READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver…
Gutting a Power House
BC Hydro and the New Energy Plan Download 215.08 KB18 pages
Fair Pharmacare?
A Backgrounder on the Government’s Changes to BC’s Pharmacare Program Download 85.34 KB 6 pages
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2003, Volume 6, Number 2 Download 146.26 KB4 pages Inside this issue: A Bad Time to be Poor May is Child Care Month, but…
Assessing The Record of Public-Private Partnerships
Proceedings of a CCPA-BC Public Forum Download 239.29 KB 24 pages
UN singles out BC Government on women’s rights
BC is not meeting its obligations to women under international human rights law. That was the clear message of the United Nations Committee on the…
Not the year of the forest community
Premier Campbell announced in January that 2003 would be the “Year of the Forest.” BC’s forest companies, workers, and communities are hoping he’s serious, given…
Hope for peace
Along with the majority of people around the world (and millions in the US), I am horrified and disgusted by the killing unleashed by the…
Olympics won’t bring employment boom
Bid Committee’s estimates overstate likely impact CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation’s claims that hosting the Winter…
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