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

Apr 24, 2024

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

A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery: Increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia

Jan 24, 2024

By Alice Mũrage, Michelle Travis and Veronique Sioufi

REPORT: While BC’s accommodations and food services sector (AFS) received over a billion dollars in government COVID-19 subsidies, women workers—predominantly racialized and immigrants—either lost their employment or had hours and income significantly reduced…. View Article

Affordability crisis will persist until we get a handle on runaway housing costs

Nov 15, 2023

By Iglika Ivanova and Alex Hemingway

Although inflation has come down from the historic highs recorded in 2022, the cost of living in Metro Vancouver continues to increase rapidly. It now takes an hourly wage of $25.68 in Metro Vancouver for two parents each working full-time to support a family of four. This is the 2023 living wage for Metro Vancouver,… View Article

Raising the bar: Our recommendations for equitable gig work in BC

Nov 2, 2023

By Veronique Sioufi and Iglika Ivanova

Platform companies like Uber, Lyft and Skip the Dishes derive profits at the expense of taxpayers’ contributions and workers’ health and safety. The BC government has a unique opportunity to set high standards for sustainable, responsible platform work and we are pleased to support the government’s deliberations on this issue. Read our 12 recommendations. … View Article

Taxing land wealth for the public good: provincial policy options

Aug 30, 2023

By Alex Hemingway

Property wealth has become a massive source of inequality in BC as home prices and rents have risen dramatically amid a severe housing crisis and shortage. A consequence of high prices has been an explosion of residential real estate wealth now totaling over $2.1 trillion in the province, a stock of wealth that remains only… View Article

That 70s show: The evolution of income inequality in Canada

Jul 13, 2023