• BC’s housing crisis during the pandemic: A snapshot

    BC has long been in a housing crisis, and the pandemic economy we are currently living in has further put the squeeze on renters in…

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    How are British Columbians doing: COVID-19 economic security & government supports

    The economic impact of the shutdown of large parts of BC’s economy in response to COVID-19 has reflected a sharp recession: a massive and rapid…

  • British Columbians approve of province’s COVID-19 response & want more equitable, sustainable economy post recovery—regardless of party affiliation

    The coronavirus pandemic has put governments and societies around the world to the test as they confront what is both a public health and economic…

  • BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office

    June 2020 Download 1.53 MB12 pages In this issue: Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19 Income assistance relief measures Blockades aren’t the…

  • Ne provoquez pas une crise pour les organismes de charité et sans but lucratif avant que le programme de subvention salariale entre en jeu

    MISE À JOUR – 8 avril 2020 : Aujourd’hui une lettre a été envoyée à des fonctionnaires clés afin de demander que le nouveau programme de…

  • Don’t force charities and non-profits into crisis before wage subsidy kicks in

    UPDATE—April 8, 2020: Today a letter was sent to key government officials requesting that the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program be made available…

  • 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…

  • BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office

    January 2020 Download 2 MB12 pages In this issue: Celebrating excellence in research The Canada Pension Plan is fuelling the climate crisis Affordable non-market rental…

  • BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office

    September 2019 Download 2.3 MB12 pages In this issue: Jason Kenney’s deleted fossil fuel research funding tweet How our analysis impacted the call for the…

  • Elevating Indigenous women’s voices is critical to addressing gendered colonial violence

    These are the voices of Indigenous women survivors documented in a powerful new report, Red women rising: Indigenous women survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The…

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