BC Office News Releases
VANCOUVER — The federal government is considering ways for employees to have more ownership and control in their workplace by tabling legislation to create a new Employee Ownership Trust legal...
April 18, 2024 |
BC Office Data sent anonymously to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that Ministry of Forests officials have rejected numerous recommendations made by an expert panel appointed by the...
March 7, 2024 |
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(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Burnaby, BC) Within the next decade, British Columbia’s local transit systems could be united into an upgraded...
February 16, 2024 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — Canada faces daunting—but not insurmountable—challenges to meet its net-zero commitments, but government policies and incentives must match the severity of the issue in order to...
February 8, 2024 |
BC Office VANCOUVER - While BC’s accommodations and food services sector received over a billion dollars in government COVID-19 subsidies, women workers—predominantly racialized and immigrants—either lost...
January 24, 2024 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — As the cost of essentials continues to balloon, particularly for housing and food, Metro Vancouver's living wage has climbed to $25.68 per hour for 2023, marking an increase of 6.6 per...
November 8, 2023 |
BC Office VANCOUVER - The BC government failed to act decisively when told that dikes in one of the cities hit hardest by the November 2021 floods were at risk of failing due to years of neglect, new research...
September 13, 2023 |
BC Office VANCOUVER - The explosion of housing prices has become a massive source of inequality in BC, which can be addressed with progressive property tax reform, new research from the Canadian Centre for...
August 30, 2023 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — Amid the rapid surge of BC's gig or "platform-based" economy, 61 leading experts in labour law, policy and economics are urgently calling on the provincial government to enforce stronger...
June 20, 2023 |
BC Office VANCOUVER —A federal wealth tax could provide ongoing revenue for much-needed investments in public programs and help rein in extreme economic inequality, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives...
May 9, 2023 |
BC Office Vancouver, unceded Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) homelands – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are...
March 2, 2023 |
BC Office Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023
For Canada to compete in the global clean economy, the federal government must adopt an ambitious investment plan to match the...
February 9, 2023 |
National Office, BC Office VANCOUVER — The costs to British Columbia’s economy from last year’s unprecedented heat dome, horrific wildfires, widespread flooding and crippling landslides could be more than $17 billion, making...
November 30, 2022 |
BC Office VANCOUVER - The living wage has gone up to $24.08 an hour in Metro Vancouver for 2022—the highest increase since the living wage was first calculated in 2008 and significantly higher than the rate of...
November 17, 2022 |
BC Office VANCOUVER — As municipal and provincial leaders gather for the Union of BC Municipalities convention this week, housing affordability is a key issue on the agenda.
Increasing the overall supply of...
September 14, 2022 |
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