How much do working parents need to earn to be able to afford to live in our community? There reports released today provide the answer for the three largest regional districts in BC, home to 2/3 of this province’s population: $19.62/hour in Metro Vancouver, $18.73/hour in Greater Victoria and $16.37/hour in the Fraser Valley.
Entries Tagged as 'Employment & labour'
Living wage reports reveal a big gap between actual wages and the costs of raising a family in BC
May 2nd, 2013 · Iglika Ivanova · 1 Comment · Economy, Education, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Taxes, Women
Why BC’s lower-wage workers are struggling: the case for stronger employment standards
April 30th, 2013 · Marjorie Griffin Cohen · Comments Off · Employment & labour
This is an opinion piece that I co-wrote with David Fairey, CCPA research associate, labour economist and Co-Chair of the BC Employment Standards Coalition. BC has acquired the “distinction” of being home to Canada’s largest income gap, highest poverty rate, and second highest child poverty rate. It also has greater employment insecurity and lower wages [...]
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Thank you, Hugh Segal
February 21st, 2013 · Jonathan Chapnick · 3 Comments · Economy, Employment & labour, Human rights, Law & legal issues, Taxes
The debate on Bill C-377 has moved to the Senate. As many Policy Note readers probably know, Bill C-377 would impose onerous and unfair financial and operational disclosure obligations on unions and other labour organizations, in the lofty name of “transparency and accountability,” but with the actual malicious aim of weakening Labour and publicizing the [...]
Tags: democracy·labour rights·Privacy·unions
Seeking a Real Families First Agenda this First BC Family Day
February 7th, 2013 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · Children & youth, Economy, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Taxes
By Seth Klein and Adrienne Montani On February 11, British Columbians will enjoy a well-deserved new stat holiday. With the inaugural Family Day, Premier Christy Clark has made good on a promise made during her bid for the BC Liberal leadership. The winter stretch needed a new long weekend, and many will appreciate this new-found [...]
Tags: child poverty·children·living wage·minimum wage·poverty·welfare
Letter: Continue LiveSmartBC Energy Incentive Program
December 19th, 2012 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Climate change, Employment & labour, Energy
My letter to Christy Clark, Premier of BC; Rich Colman, Ministry of Energy and Mines; Mike de Jong, Ministry of Finance; Terry Lake, Minister of Environment; Adrian Dix, Leader of the Opposition; John Horgan, Official Opposition House Leader and Opposition Critic for Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; Rob Fleming, Opposition Critic for Environment: I am a writing as an economist and lead [...]
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England’s serious debate about living wages
November 8th, 2012 · Keith Reynolds · 2 Comments · Employment & labour
I was in London for the last week and I was amazed to see what a big issue the idea of paying people a living wage has become there. The living wage, as opposed to the minimum wage, is based on what a family needs to have the essentials of life. Last week a KPMG [...]
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BC government non-response to study on how Natural Gas Strategy breaks BC’s GHG law
October 11th, 2012 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Employment & labour, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Since my report on how BC’s legislated GHG targets are being compromised by the 2012 Natural Gas Strategy, I’ve been keenly interested to see how the government would respond. The report prompted a story in today’s Metro news, but the reporter was unable to get a response from the government by deadline. Then belatedly she [...]
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Time to Rethink The Way We Fund Higher Education
October 9th, 2012 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Children & youth, Economy, Education, Employment & labour, Provincial budget & finance, Taxes
This September, like every year, a new group of high school graduates headed to college or university to pursue higher education. But today’s generation of students is in for a very different experience from the ones their parents had. On campuses across the country shiny new buildings are popping up, bearing corporate logos or the [...]
Tags: cost of education·Education·higher education·role of government·student debt·tuition·university
Getting it Wrong For Seniors in British Columbia
September 27th, 2012 · Jonathan Chapnick · Comments Off · Employment & labour, Health care, Law & legal issues, Privatization, P3s & public services
Seniors and their families need and should have access to useful information when they are making critical decisions about residential care and throughout the period of residence in facilities. – BC Ombudsperson, The Best of Care: Getting It Right for Seniors in British Columbia (Part 1) Mass replacement of staff can occur when facility operators switch [...]
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Cost of Learning Growing Faster than Incomes
September 11th, 2012 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Children & youth, Education, Employment & labour
A new report by the CCPA, Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning, shows that average university tuition bill in Canada has grown three times faster than inflation over the last 20 years. It’s also outpaced the growth of family incomes, making university considerably less affordable for the average Canadian family than it used to [...]
Tags: affordability·cost of education·cost of learning·Education·higher education·post-secondary education·student debt·student loans·tuition fees·university
