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Iglika Ivanova
Iglika Ivanova is a Senior Economist and the Public Interest Researcher at the CCPA’s BC Office. She researches and writes on key social and economic challenges facing BC and Canada, including poverty, economic insecurity and labour market shifts towards more precarious work. Iglika is Co-Director of the Understanding Precarity in BC Project (UP-BC). Iglika also investigates issues of government finance, tax policy and privatization and how they relate to the accessibility and quality of public services. She is particularly interested in the potential for public policy to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable economy. Follow Iglika on Twitter
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Working for a Living Wage 2019
Making paid work meet basic family needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.62 MB 8 pages For those seeking to calculate the living wage in other…
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CCPA–BC submission on modernizing the Employment Standards Act
Response to the BC Ministry of Labour consultation paper Download 1.46 MB 22 pages This submission shares our recommendations for modernizing the Employment Standards Act…
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BC’s first-ever poverty reduction strategy: An important step forward, but does it go far enough?
After ten years of community calls for action, BC has at long last joined the ranks of provinces with a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. BC’s…
Nine things to know about BC Budget 2019
BC Budget 2019 delivers modest new investments in two key areas—poverty reduction and climate action—and maintains momentum on other files that implement the ambitious investments…
CCPA report confirms BC’s new investments in child care affordability are urgently needed
Savings from BC’s child care affordability measures for different family types Single-parent family Two-parent family Income $30,000Child age 2Centre-based care Income $30,000Child age…
CCPA report confirms BC’s new investments in child care affordability are urgently needed
Last year, the BC government made a landmark investment to begin addressing the affordability crisis in child care. A new report released by CCPA this…
BC Budget 2019: Maintain momentum building a universal, affordable, quality child care system
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
Five ways BC Budget 2019 could pave the way for a comprehensive poverty reduction plan
This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019…
Our BC Budget 2019 priorities: Poverty reduction and climate action
In anticipation of the 2019 BC Budget—which the provincial government will present in February—the CCPA-BC is publishing a series of Policy Note posts highlighting the…
Workplace rights in BC should reflect the realities of the 21st century economy
For the first time in 25 years, BC’s workplace rights are being reviewed. Disappointingly, however, the fulsome consultation needed to develop policies for the realities…
The new school year begins with more affordable child care and better education funding for all ages — but challenges remain in the education sector
It’s back-to-school season and this September, BC students of all ages are returning to schools facing a very different funding environment. That’s because in its…
Building a Stronger Foundation of Basic Workplace Rights for BC Workers
CCPA-BC Response to the BC Law Institute Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act Download 1.54 MB 21 pages The CCPA-BC has a long track…