This report assesses the impact of the BC Jobs Plan two years in. The government’s six-month progress reports have declared it a success, but the numbers tell a different story. Along with the report, we’ve created this shareable infographic.
Read the news release here.
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BC Jobs Plan Reality Check: The First Two Years — SUMMARY
About the author
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
