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Alex Hemingway
Alex Hemingway is a Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst at the CCPA’s BC Office. His research focuses on tax fairness, public finances, public services, and economic inequality in BC and Canada. Alex holds a PhD in political science from the University of British Columbia, where his research examined the relationship between economic class and political inequality in the advanced industrialized world. He holds two master’s degrees from the London School of Economics (MSc Social Policy and Planning; MSc Global Politics), as well as a BA in psychology from Simon Fraser University. Follow Alex on Twitter
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Concerns about federal wage subsidy program remain as details emerge
The federal government announced new details yesterday regarding the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) that will flow to employers facing significant revenue declines amid the…
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Time to #CancelRent and defer mortgage payments
UPDATE On March 25, the BC government announced a suite of measures to protect renters during the COVID-19 crisis, including a ban on new and…
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Our take on BC Budget 2020
BC Budget 2020 is light on new announcements. It largely marks the final year of implementation of the ambitious three-year plan set out back in…
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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…
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A surplus at all costs? Balanced budget fixation hurts BC
Almost every year at budget time, BC governments of all stripes predict public coffers are going to be worse off than they’re likely truly expecting.…
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Happy new year—no more MSP!
It’s a brand new year, and BC’s Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums are no more. That’s great news because MSP premiums were a very unfair…
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Eliminate and replace it: A better way to reform the basic personal tax amount
The new federal Liberal minority government has signalled that a tax cut will be its first order of policy business. That’s a shame because this…
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Property taxes in Vancouver are still too low, fueling inequality and speculation
We’ve heard a lot of griping recently about Vancouver’s proposed property tax increase for 2020, but missing from the debate is a reality check on…
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BC should think twice before opening its doors to multinational ride-hailing corporations
Last year, the BC government introduced legislation expected to bring ride-hailing to the province, but many questions remain about what that will look like in…
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Response to Uber and Lyft’s applications to the BC Passenger Transportation Board
Download 415.13 KB10 pages In 2018 the BC government introduced legislation expected to bring ride-hailing to the province, but many questions remain about what that…
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Who owns it? The democratic socialist debate Canada should be having this election
We live in an era of extreme inequality of wealth and power across much of the developed world, and Canada is no exception. Public confidence…
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Why are we letting corporate medicine take hold in Vancouver’s new urgent care centres?
The BC government has rolled out a flurry of impressive measures to strengthen our public health care system over the past two years. Flying below…
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