BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The B.C. government recently introduced legislation allowing a majority of workers to organize a union a little […]
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The B.C. government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly-owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the Drax Group, […]
The company operating the world’s largest wood-fired thermal electricity plant has too much control of British Columbia’s wood pellet industry and must be ordered to […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives What does it mean for governments to be fiscally and economically responsible today and in an eventual […]
First Nation, environmental and former union leaders say the B.C. government must immediately disclose how many millions more old-growth trees are being logged thanks to […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives British Columbians are on the cusp of winning a meaningful right to paid sick days—if the powerful […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Amid a raging pandemic, how do Canadian workers still not have paid sick days as a basic […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives While the lives of millions of working people have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, the wealth […]
Major companies including mining juggernaut Teck Resources, the world’s largest aluminum maker Rio Tinto Alcan and natural gas processor WestCoast Energy Inc. pay shockingly little […]
Editor: Re: https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2020/08/17/opinion-thousands-of-earthquakes-triggered-by-fracking-near-site-c-raise-safety-concerns/ BC Hydro’s top priority is the safety of the public and our employees, including the safe operation and maintenance of all our […]
BY BEN PARFITT Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives When BC Energy Minister Bruce Ralston revealed recently that costly geotechnical problems had arisen at Site C, […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Canada needs a wealth tax on the super rich to rein in extreme inequality and contribute to […]
Canada should aim to become completely self-sufficient in producing masks and other essential medical supplies needed during pandemics and rely on the country’s forest industry […]
BY BEN PARFITT Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives There’s no such thing as a convenient time for a global pandemic. But for BC’s tree-planting industry, […]
BY ALEX HEMINGWAY Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Almost every year at budget time, BC governments of all stripes predict public coffers will be worse […]
BY MARC LEE Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Drivers in Metro Vancouver are reeling from record high gas prices, and many commentators are blaming taxes. […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca It’s been more than 20 years since there has been a rigorous examination of forest policy in B.C., says Canadian Centre […]