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Financing public housing: how a massive expansion of rental homes can literally pay for itself
In the face of a mounting housing crisis, what if BC could massively increase public investment in below-market rental housing—and if that upfront investment could…
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Fast Facts: Adult Education Creates Lasting Solutions
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 13, 2022
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The Great Sidestep: Income and wealth inequality swells with little government action
Government custodians of wealth and power have been unwilling to address the income and wealth pyramid in Canada. They neglect this at our peril.
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Employment rights justice denied to thousands of BC Workers
For decades, the BC Employment Standards Branch has not effectively enforced the Employment Standards Act, meaning thousands of workers are denied their legal rights, a…
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A reason to smile: National dental care is a smart health care investment
The federal Liberal-NDP agreement has resulted in the first step toward a national dental care program, starting with children. There’s a strong case to grow…
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The last of the green gold: With the best trees gone and revenues plummeting, what’s next?
Last year, as hundreds of protesters were arrested at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island for trying to stop logging of old-growth forests, the BC government…
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Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
VANCOUVER — The BC government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the …
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Workers’ wages haven’t kept up with rising inflation: report
OTTAWA—Nearly two-thirds of Canadian workers’ wages are falling behind rising inflation, leaving them increasingly in a pressure cooker situation, according to a new report from…
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BC needs a public intercity transportation service
Northern British Columbia is a vast, rugged, mostly mountainous area roughly the size of France. In winter, its two-lane public highways often get hit with…
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How should Ontario fight inflation? By fighting inequality
As pundits puzzle over the problem of inflation, some provincial governments are taking action. Methods differ, but they are all based on the same idea:…
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Budget 2022: Some progress, but no need for panic at the country club
Our analysis of the 2022 federal budget
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