• Seniors’ care concerns should be taken seriously in this election

    Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed “an election hotspot” by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms…

  • Government report on welfare leavers at odds with narrative

    Kudos to the Tyee’s Andrew MacLeod for extracting a long delayed report on welfare leavers from the provincial government. The report can be downloaded here.…

  • The Premier speaks out on labour issues

    On April 27th I posted about the BC Federation of Labour’s report on the impacts of changes to BC’s workers compensation system under the current…

  • Barbarism Lite

    Looking back to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago, we can now see that, at least in the North…

  • Barbarism Lite

    Political assault on social rights is worsening inequality Looking back to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago, we can…

  • Long-term Care Problems

    Both residents and care providers denied fair treatment More, better-paid staff key to improved long-term care Long-term care in Canada fails to treat either residents…

  • Response to the Recession

    Rescue the economy, protect people, and plan for the future Many items in the Canadian federal government’s economic stimulus package depend on how individual decisions…

  • Shaping a Future for Everyone

    Income inequality not sustainable economically for any of us The story of how we got into this global economic mess, and how we will get…

  • Reflections on the Citizens’ Assembly

    One of the most interesting stories behind BC’s Single Transferable Vote referendum is how we got there. The Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform ran for…

  • BC’s child care crisis IS an election issue

    The provincial election is off and running, and once again families and communities know that childcare should be a high priority for every candidate in…

  • School funding an election issue at the local level

    It hasn’t particularly reached the level of a provincial election issue, but school funding is quietly percolating along as an issue at the local level.…

  • Make poverty reduction the focus of economic stimulus plans

    A growing chorus of voices from across BC is calling on all political parties to commit to a provincial poverty reduction plan with legislated targets…