Policy Note
Oct 16, 2024 · A progressive take on BC issues. We deliver timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
2024 December : Policy Note
Dec 16, 2024 · Thirty-five years after Canada’s parliament promised to end child poverty it still hasn’t happened. In 1989, a unanimous all-party House of Commons resolution was passed vowing to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
Soaring cost of living—especially for housing—causes living …
Nov 20, 2024 · The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver has risen to $27.05 per hour, a 5.3% increase from last year.This significant increase highlights the region’s deepening affordability crisis fuelled by sky-high housing costs.
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A progressive take on BC issues. We deliver timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
Reading the policy tea leaves: What BC’s new cabinet …
Nov 28, 2024 · Marc Lee. Marc Lee is a Senior Economist at the CCPA’s BC Office. In addition to tracking federal and provincial budgets and economic trends, Marc has published on a range of topics from poverty and inequality to globalization and …
Writing from our researchers this year : Policy Note
Dec 18, 2024 · Precarious work, and the impacts of precarity on the lives of British Columbians and temporary foreign workers, is the focus of the Understanding Precarity project co-directed by CCPA-BC and was addressed by a number of researchers. Here are some highlights.
More privatization is not the answer for BC health care
Sep 26, 2024 · Leading up to the 2024 election, the BC Conservatives are promising major health care reforms, in particular a greater role for private health care. More choice and competition, they claim, will “unleash the power of private-sector innovation” and reduce wait times. There’s good reason to be skeptic
Tax cuts would come back to bite BC : Policy Note
Nov 7, 2024 · Notably, the $1.3 billion annual hit to provincial revenues from the BC NDP tax cut is much smaller than the income tax cut the BC Conservatives proposed (an estimated $3.5 billion cost for the “Rustad rebate” on full implementation) 3, but the NDP cut is still significant on the scale of the $90 billion provincial budget.. Moreover, …
Affordability crisis will persist until we get a handle on runaway ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Although inflation has come down from the historic highs recorded in 2022, the cost of living in Metro Vancouver continues to increase rapidly. It now takes an hourly wage of $25.68 in Metro Vancouver for two parents each working full-time to support a family of four. This is the 2023 living wag
Your quick guide to election issues : Policy Note
Oct 16, 2024 · In less than a week British Columbians will decide what the future will look like with their decision for the province’s next election. In the past few weeks, our researchers have published articles casting light on issues of most importance to voters and evaluated solutions being floated on the campaign trail by the major parties.