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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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Why I am excited to be appointed to the Emerging Economy Task Force
This morning, the BC government launched its new Emerging Economy Task Force. The 14 experts who make up the task force—including myself—have been asked to…
Urgent action needed to control rent increases: Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
On July 3rd, we shared our recommendations regarding BC’s Residential Tenancy Act and controlling rental costs in British Columbia with the BC Rental Housing Task…
CCPA-BC Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
Download 1.92 MB 8 pages This submission was made to the BC government Rental Housing Task Force to recommend controlling rental costs in British Columbia and specific measures…
Deep poverty: BC government can—and should—end it
The BC government’s public consultations into the development of a poverty reduction plan have ended. Now the ideas and recommendations from hundreds of British Columbians…
CCPA-BC presentation to the BC Labour Relations Code Review Panel
Download 1.49 MB 10 pages This submission was made to a BC government appointed panel to share the CCPA-BC’s recommendations regarding policy measures to strengthen…
Working for a Living Wage 2018
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.85 MB8 pages Attachments Working for a Living Wage 2018 Calculation Guide Working for…
Technology is changing how we work. How this affects workers is up to us.
While many workers of my parents’ generation expected to spend their entire careers in a permanent full-time job with one or two employers, young workers today…
Fresh from the lockup: Highlights of BC’s action-packed budget 2018
BC Budget 2018 includes major new investments in child care, housing and infrastructure combined with significant improvements in tax fairness. This budget—the new provincial government’s…
Study confirms what parents suspect: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child care
A report released by our National Office this week confirms what many parents already know: BC is one of Canada’s most expensive provinces for child…
Inclusive growth and the future of work: A recap of our 2017 Rosenbluth Lecture with Armine Yalnizyan
This year, the CCPA-BC’s annual Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial lecture featured one of Canada’s leading progressive economists, Armine Yalnizyan, who shared some insights on the changing…
Seven immediate steps to reduce poverty while the government consults on a comprehensive poverty reduction plan
Earlier this week, the BC government appointed an Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction to provide expertise and assistance to the Minster of Social Development and…
Five steps BC needs to take to begin building a universal, affordable, quality child care system
There’s no question that BC’s fragmented patchwork of child care programs with exorbitant prices, inadequate spaces and inconsistent quality fails to meet the needs of…