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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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A decade of eroding tax fairness in BC demands progressive tax reform
Most British Columbians would agree that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes. And most assume that the wealthy pay more, not only in…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2012, Volume 15, Number 2 Download 1.1 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Enbridge pipe dreams and nightmares by Marc Lee What are the alternatives…
De-growth or growth? Maybe we don’t need to figure that out
There has recently been a renewed interest in the question of whether the ecological crisis means we need to see (or plan for) a stabilization…
Moving Towards Climate Justice, Overcoming Barriers to Change: Seth Klein’s speech to the Institute for New Economic Thinking
CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein speaks at the annual meeting of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (an international gathering of leading economists) in Berlin. His…
Moving Towards Climate Justice: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
Climate change will shape BC in 2035, one way or another
We live on a different planet from the one our parents grew up on, says environmentalist Bill McKibben. Climate change from our rampant combustion of…
Climate change will shape BC in 2035, one way or another
I have an oped in today’s Vancouver Sun as part of its BC in 2035 series. Climate change will shape BC in 2035, one way or another…
2012 living wage calculation shows the real costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. From the Living Wage for Families Campaign VANCOUVER – For families with young children, the costs of basic necessities like…
Working for a Living Wage 2012
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.33 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
BC’s welfare recipients need immediate relief
Two recent events highlight the need for emergency relief for BC welfare recipients, and make clear that people simply cannot meet basic needs on a…
A budget that screws the planet for short-term profits
First off, the 2012 federal budget makes no upfront claim to be a budget. Indeed, the cover states only “Economic Action Plan 2012: Jobs, Growth…
Log exports: waving the white flag of economic defeat
As more and more raw, unprocessed logs leave British Columbia’s coast in ocean freighters bound for the far side of the world, a common refrain…
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