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Working for a Living Wage
The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver is $27.05 per hour. This is the hourly rate that each of two parents working full-time must earn…
A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs
For more than a century, Canada has seen thousands of migrant care workers enter the country to provide much needed care work.
Building Equity
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
Trapped in the wage gap
Even with the June 1 minimum wage increase, one in three BC employees will earn less than their community’s living wage—over 740,000 people.Far too many…
Submission to the 2024 BC Labour Relations Code Review
The 2024 review of the Labour Relations Code, only the second in more than two decades, comes at a critical juncture for labour relations in…
Leaked Ministry of Forests data raises fears rare old growth forests will be logged
VANCOUVER—Data sent anonymously to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that Ministry of Forests officials have rejected numerous recommendations made by an expert panel…
Getting to net-zero in Canada
Despite the formidable challenges ahead, Canada’s path to net-zero is achievable with a clear, actionable plan that recognizes the scale of the undertaking and the…
Connecting BC
After years of neglect and privatization, today’s transit system in BC is plagued with overcrowding, delays and big gaps in service. The good news is…
A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
“So, in March, during 2020, March 2020, on the 15th of March our schedule changed. And they told us that we don’t have any schedule…