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BC’s tax system has become fairer since 2017, richest 1% paying more

Jul 23, 2024

Since 2017, the vast majority of BC households are paying a smaller share of their income in provincial taxes, while the top 1% is paying more…. View Article

How BC’s oil and gas industry sidestepped carbon pricing

Jun 27, 2024

By Marc Lee

When BC first introduced a carbon tax in 2008 the point was to apply it to all emissions causing climate change, but start at a low rate and increase it over time. Yet, as the carbon tax has increased for households at the gas pump and to heat homes, large industrial players—including the oil and… View Article

Canada’s broken promises to migrant care workers

Jun 18, 2024

By Alicia Massie, Anita Minh and Jennifer E. Shaw

On June 3, 2024, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced new migrant care worker pilot programs, which take important steps to address some of the concerns raised by workers and advocates. Unfortunately, Canada has a long track record of broken promises to migrant care workers and it is not clear how the new pilot programs would… View Article

Trapped in the wage gap

May 30, 2024

By Iglika Ivanova

On June 1, BC’s minimum wage is going up to $17.40 per hour. Despite this welcome pay raise for the 240,000 lowest-paid workers in the province, the minimum wage remains over $3 per hour lower than the lowest living wage in BC ($20.64 in Dawson Creek). In BC’s largest cities, Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria,… View Article

Time to scale up non-market housing in BC

Time to scale up: next steps for non-market housing in BC

May 7, 2024

By Alex Hemingway

Despite some positive policy moves, BC is still not meeting the demands of the housing crisis. We need more non-market housing in BC now…. View Article

As wood pellet exports to Japan surge, BC’s primary forests feel the strain

Apr 24, 2024

By Ben Parfitt

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

Leaked data reveals new threat to BC’s old growth forests

Mar 7, 2024

By Ben Parfitt

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

BC Budget: Big Challenges—Small Steps

Feb 22, 2024

By CCPA

The provincial budget stands up to austerity pressures but falls short on meeting urgent challenges facing the people of BC…. View Article

Let’s not keep BC riders waiting. It’s time to invest in the transit British Columbians deserve.

Connecting BC: A 10-year vision for public transit throughout BC

Feb 16, 2024

By Marc Lee

Let’s not keep BC riders waiting. It’s time to invest in the transit British Columbians deserve…. View Article

Getting to Net-Zero in Canada: Summary

Feb 8, 2024

By J David Hughes

Scale of the problem, government projections and daunting challenges The urgency of mitigating climate change through significant emission reductions is globally recognized—most recently with the call to transition away from fossil fuels at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28). Canada has long accepted this challenge: its latest pledge… View Article

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