BC Office Blog: Policy Note

Policy Note delivers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more. Contributors include staff and research associates from the CCPA-BC. (The views expressed on the blog are those of the individual contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the CCPA.)

Latest posts from policynote.ca

Bolder moves needed for taxing the rich

by Marc Lee on May 1, 2024 Even with the 2024 change, the income from buying and selling assets will be taxed less than from working. ... View Article

The case for expanding democratic employee ownership in Canada

by Alex Hemingway on April 29, 2024 Workers lack democratic rights in the corporations and institutions that govern their work lives. As we find ourselves in an era of high inequality the question of ‘why shouldn’t...

Thanks for a great ride

by Ben Parfitt on April 26, 2024 Twenty years ago, an insect attack of biblical proportions in British Columbia’s forests became a hot-button topic.  Thanks to unusually warm winters (guess why), mountain pine...

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

by Ben Parfitt on April 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...

Beyond Recovery: A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery | Panel discussion

by CCPA on April 23, 2024 This year, the CCPA–BC Office, in collaboration with SFU Faculty of Health Science researchers and UNITE HERE Local 40, published ‘A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery:...