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Reading the policy tea leaves: What BC’s new cabinet appointments tell us about the government’s priorities

Nov 28, 2024

In the absence of mandate letters, let’s take a look at what the new cabinet picks and the reorganization of some key ministries tell us, in light of NDP and Green election promises…. View Article

Soaring cost of living—especially for housing—causes living wages to increase across BC

Nov 20, 2024

By Iglika Ivanova and Anastasia French

The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver has risen to $27.05 per hour, a 5.3% increase from last year. This significant increase highlights the region’s deepening affordability crisis fuelled by sky-high housing costs. Living wages are also going up across the province as our new report shows. While inflation has eased from record highs, essential… View Article

Tax cuts would come back to bite BC

Nov 7, 2024

By Alex Hemingway

In the BC election, significant tax cuts were put on the table by both the BC Conservatives and BC NDP in their policy platforms. While they were framed as a way of easing pressures on the cost of living, tax cuts would do little to address the structural problems underlying those cost pressures. Now that… View Article

Rejecting the high costs of tax cuts and austerity to our health

Oct 17, 2024

By Andrew Longhurst, Damien Contandriopoulos and Mei-ling Wiedmeyer

Today, the election debate is dominated by competing tax cut proposals that risk eroding our collective capacity to invest in one another, thereby widening health inequalities that make us sicker and will further stretch an overburdened health care system…. View Article

Your quick guide to election issues

Oct 16, 2024

By CCPA

CCPA–BC articles casting light on issues of most importance to voters and evaluated solutions being floated on the campaign trail by the major parties… View Article

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC’s provincial election?

Oct 11, 2024

By Veronique Sioufi and Iglika Ivanova

Ever since the economy started to slow down, the political discourse in BC has shifted dramatically. Immigrants and international students are blamed for the housing crisis and for driving down wages; people experiencing homelessness, addiction or mental health crises are blamed for making public spaces “unsafe” and engaging in crime; and basic steps towards meaningful reconciliation with First Nations are framed as threats to our economic prosperity. … View Article

This election we need a conversation about phasing out fossil fuels

Oct 1, 2024

By Marc Lee

In this BC election, we need to have a real conversation about upping our climate game. That means phasing out the production and consumption of the fossil fuels that are causing climate change. Here’s how. … View Article

It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning apartments in most areas?

Sep 23, 2024

By Alex Hemingway

Vancouver is the epicentre of BC’s housing crisis and shortage. So why does the city still effectively ban new apartment buildings on most of its residential land, reserving it exclusively for low-density housing? … View Article

Building equity: lessons for affordable housing in BC

Sep 18, 2024

By Marc Lee and Alex Hemingway

No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing, or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities in British Columbia. Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and large price rises have become a source of enormous wealth inequality. Our new report… View Article

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