CCPA Policy Note
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CCPA Policy Note
2d ago
In the land of the rising sun, the light of a setting sun glints so brightly on the shiny metal piping of Renova’s Ishinomaki Hibarino power plant that you have to shield your eyes. Located near the city of Sendai, north of Tokyo, the new thermal electricity plant is one of several in Japan that... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
2d ago
This year, the CCPA–BC Office, in collaboration with SFU Faculty of Health Science researchers and UNITE HERE Local 40, published ‘A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery: Increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia’. A panel discussion held on April 10 featured the report’s authors and hotel industry workers. They explored the report’s findings,... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
3w ago
Too many BC workers lack meaningful access to the benefits of collective bargaining and the failure of our labour laws to keep up with the evolving nature of work is a key culprit.... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
1M ago
Imagine being able to get from almost anywhere in BC to anywhere else on public transit, as one might in Europe or Asia. Or visitors landing at Vancouver airport and being able to get seamlessly around the province without the need to rent a car. Whether it’s dealing with bumper-to-bumper congestion in Metro Vancouver or... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
1M ago
Under-investment in public services and infrastructure not only hurts BC families, it also hurts our economy. With the BC government projecting deficits in the latest provincial budget, the corporate lobby is trying to raise alarm bells about spending. But a return to the cuts of the past would be disastrous for BC. The provincial BC... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
1M ago
New immigrants, temporary foreign workers and international students are bearing the brunt of the blame for the housing crisis and strain on public services where the provincial budget is failing to keep up with demand.... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
1M ago
Poverty reduction is a crucial element to advancing racial equity in BC, but the province’s new targets for reducing overall poverty are insufficiently ambitious and lack the urgency needed to effect meaningful change.... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
1M ago
BREAKING: officials in the Ministry of Forests have been working on a map that radically departs from the recommendations of a panel appointed by the provincial government to advise it on how to protect British Columbia’s imperiled old growth forests.... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
2M ago
The provincial budget stands up to austerity pressures but falls short on meeting urgent challenges facing the people of BC.... View Article ..read more
CCPA Policy Note
2M ago
Let’s not keep BC riders waiting. It’s time to invest in the transit British Columbians deserve.... View Article ..read more