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 […]
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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 […]