A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Since 2017, the vast majority of BC households are paying a smaller share of their income in provincial taxes, while the top 1% is paying…

When BC first introduced a carbon tax in 2008 the point was to apply it to all emissions causing climate change, but start at a…

VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs,…

VANCOUVER — The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new…

VANCOUVER—The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new statistics…

UNCEDED SQUAMISH, TSLEIL-WAUTUTH AND MUSEQUEAM TERRITORIES/BURNABY, B.C.—Within the next decade, British Columbia’s local transit systems could be united into an upgraded provincewide public transit network,…

In this issue of BC Solutions Magazine: Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy A paradox in Covid-19 recovery

Despite some positive policy moves, BC is still not meeting the demands of the housing crisis. We need more non-market housing in BC now.

Even with the 2024 change, the income from buying and selling assets will be taxed less than from working.

Workers lack democratic rights in the corporations and institutions that govern their work lives. As we find ourselves in an era of high inequality the…
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