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The changing face of jobs in Northern BC
How important are resource jobs to BC’s north? After posting a report highlighting that only 1 in 100 BC jobs are in the mining, oil and gas sectors & that more people in our province work in the...
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How does BC’s construction sector break down?
Construction generates a lot of buzz, especially when talking about the jobs created by new oil & gas projects. Here, we take a deeper dive into the sector as a follow-on from our recent report,...
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How reputation matters: oil spills and property values
When an oil pipeline or tanker spills, how many homes are impacted and what do those impacts look like? Our recently released report How do pipeline spills impact property values? concludes that,...
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Fuelling BC’s economy: where does our wealth come from?
Why does this conversation matter? In order to decide whether energy development projects should go forward, it’s essential to have a good understanding of where the sector fits into the bigger...
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Tech jobs trump resources
Job creation is often touted as a primary reason to go ahead with energy projects like the Trans Mountain Pipeline. But in fact, energy takes a back seat to many other sectors. For example, the tech...
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BC clean tech profile
Sometimes it *is* just about wind turbines and home retrofits. In 2007, Glenn Johnson, a Surrey resident, founded Endurance Wind Power. Less than 10 years later, his wind turbine manufacturing and...
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Kinder Morgan benefits overblown: independent study
Earlier this week, an independent study released by the SFU Centre for Public Policy Research, in collaboration with California-based consultancy the Goodman Group, found that Kinder Morgan has...
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View ArticleWhat could we fund for the cost of a pipeline?
Much of the recent debate around Kinder Morgan’s pipeline and tanker project has centered around vigorous debate between the provinces … Learn more → The post What could we fund for the cost of a...
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