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BC

Housing & Homelessness
Policy Note
Provincial Budgets
Tax Policy
The Economy

Will the BC government ramp up its affordable housing efforts in Budget 2020?
A lack of affordable housing continues to be a top issue in Metro Vancouver and more broadly in BC. Since 2016, and in particular the…
February 12, 2020
National Office

Care Economy
News & Commentary
Trade

How pharmacare can offset higher drug prices post-CETA
Canada recently dodged a bullet when the House Democrats negotiated the removal of extended periods of monopoly protection for biologic drugs, such as treatments for…
February 12, 2020
Manitoba

Housing & Homelessness

The Great Transformation
Social Housing in Manitoba The Manitoba Department of Families recently released action plan, entitled Shared Priorities, Sustainable Progress, is short on detail and long on…
February 11, 2020
National Office

Anti-Black Racism
News & Commentary
Race & Anti-Racism
U.S. Canada Relations

Reflections on my big Obama moment
In January, I joined more than 6,000 people at the Toronto Convention Centre to hear former U.S. president Barack Obama speak about “the future of…
February 10, 2020
BC

Climate Change
Housing & Homelessness
Indigenous Rights
Policy Note
Tax Policy

Lessons from the Squamish Nation’s ambitious new rental housing plan
As we face a severe housing crisis in Vancouver, the Squamish Nation is poised to add 6,000 new homes—mostly market rental housing—to its 11 acre…
February 6, 2020
Manitoba

Employment & Labour
Environment & Sustainability
Housing & Homelessness
Income & Wealth Inequality
Indigenous Rights
Reports

Nisichawayasihk
A Future Net-Zero First Nation? Download 789.31 KB 25 pages Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) (Nelson House, MB), has embarked on a comprehensive program of economic…
February 6, 2020
Saskatchewan

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit
News & Commentary

Rescuing Renewable Regina
If you were to hold a public conference—on any issue—it’s reasonable to think that you would want your keynote speaker to agree that the issue…
February 5, 2020
BC

News Release
Seniors & Long-Term Care

Access to subsidized assisted living dropping as for-profit companies focus on more lucrative private-pay market: study
Vancouver — BC added a mere 105 units of publicly subsidized assisted living over nearly a decade (2010-17), despite a growing population of seniors. As…
February 5, 2020
BC

News & Commentary
Seniors & Long-Term Care

BC needs to significantly boost supply of public assisted living
Too many seniors in our province struggle to find publicly subsidized assisted living where they can be supported as they age. Amidst an affordable housing…
February 5, 2020

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