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In aftermath of a landslide that killed five, experts say government must act now to avoid more “preventable” deaths Second of Two Parts (read the first) As 2021 drew to a close, Premier John Horgan said many British Columbians would remember it “as the year that climate change arrived on…
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The federal election is over. Now can we really talk about how to improve gender equality?
After an election campaign in which women’s equality became a rhetorical tool in a divisive attempt to instill fear and xenophobia in voters and control women’s religious choices, Canada has opted for a more hopeful federal government. But where does that leave women in BC? We know the primary causes…
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The Monitor, May/June 2022
Hatred unmasked: Tracking the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada Download 4.99 MB Issue highlights: The wellness-to-white-supremacy pipeline is alive and well. Stacy Lee Kong’s examines the role that wellness influencers like Oh She Glows’ Angela Liddon play in funneling white women into right-wing radicalization. Uprooting the racism in our ranks. Members…
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Education funding: If it looks like a cut and it hurts like a cut, then it probably is a cut
How an increase becomes a cut The Ontario government will increase education funding by $1 billion over the next three years. If this sound okay, it’s not – it’s actually a large funding cut, according to two yardsticks. The first yardstick is the budget approved last year. In the 2018…
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arindambanerjee / Shutterstock” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2020_winddown-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2020_winddown-768×341.jpg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2020_winddown.jpg 900w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />Just transition planning for a managed wind-down of fossil fuels in BC
Resource development has long been central to BC’s economy. But commodity prices swing, industries consolidate and patterns of demand change over time. When they do, resource industry workers are often left holding the bag. The price is often much more than just involuntary unemployment for laid-off workers, but also includes…
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Reality check: Only BC’s very richest paying higher tax rate
Under personal tax changes announced by the BC government over the past year and a half—including elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums—the vast majority of households are seeing their tax bills fall, while the richest 1% are paying more. This is good news for tax fairness in BC. In…
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Here’s how BC should protect app-based workers
The rise of the “gig economy” and on-demand work through digital platforms like Uber and Skip the Dishes has ignited the public debate about precarious work. Despite their high-tech image, digital platform firms employ practices that are familiar from centuries of insecure work, including compensating workers on a per-task basis,…
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Saskatchewan’s Failing Report Card on Child Care
Download 765.97 KB16 pages Canada ranks very poorly among peer nations for overall quality and rates of access to regulated child care, with Saskatchewan ranking the lowest of all Canadian provinces. This study examines the history and consequences of the province’s neglect in the important area of child care. All…
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What’s Kinder Morgan’s real end game?
Here’s a different take on Kinder Morgan’s ultimatum and the so-called “constitutional crisis” it has sparked. I’m speculating, of course, as we all seek to understand what Kinder Morgan is really up to. But allow me to posit a minority theory: We’re getting played! It is entirely possible that Kinder…
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AFB 2024: Gender Equality
Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on gender equality
Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on gender equality
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Glacial pace of governments out of sync with fentanyl crisis
British Columbia is experiencing the worst opioid overdose crisis in its history. By October 31st, the BC Coroners Service reported that 1208 people had died from overdose: higher than the next three causes of unnatural deaths combined—suicides, motor vehicle incidents and homicides. The numbers for November and December will be…
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