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Fearless ideas & research from the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. We ❤️ social, environmental & economic justice.
89% of Canadians think the country needs a wealth tax on the super-rich, but it’s nowhere to be seen on the federal government’s agenda.
CCPA–BC senior economist Alex Hemingway shows how a tax on wealth over $10 million can be implemented in a way that makes life better for EVERYONE in Canada.
Read more: https://www.policynote.ca/wealth-tax-2
BREAKING: Half the BC workforce lacks the job security, benefits and training that some of us take for granted, according to the results of a new first-of-its-kind survey of BC workers.
Precarious work is about more than on-demand #GigWork companies like Uber and Skip the Dishes. It can mean not having dependable hours, temporary and part-time work, lack of benefits and other kinds of insecurity.
Read more: www.policynote.ca/precarity
"The Orwellian emissions accounting scheme used to justify Cedar LNG with its 40-year lifespan clearly shows Canada and BC are not serious about their emissions reduction promises." - earth scientist David Hughes
Read his take on BC's approval of Cedar LNG: https://www.policynote.ca/lng-gambit/
No country should be meddling in elections, whether it’s China, Russia, the US or even Canada. But too often “foreign interference” is simply a code word for “Chinese” with all the racist overtones.
This open letter to Canada’s Special Rapporteur David Johnston from the Canada-China Focus Advisory Group recommends better ways of handling the issue than what we’ve seen so far: https://www.policynote.ca/foreign-interference/
Super-mills in BC have led to huge numbers of trees cut to be shipped as raw logs, and with closures like the one in Houston, BC, workers and communities are feeling the pain too.
Read more in resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt's latest piece: https://www.policynote.ca/super-sized-mills/
Photo: Houston Today/Black Press
Canada isn't investing what it takes to keep up with the global shift to a clean economy. ⚠️
A new report co-published by the CCPA & Climate Action Network Canada show what kinds of ambitious investments need to be made to drive deep decarbonization in every sector of the Canadian economy and put the country on track to achieve its legislated climate commitments by mid-century.
Read more: https://www.policynote.ca/climate-investments/ #climateaction #climateemergency #cdnpoli #cdnenv
BC farmworkers face wage suppression and legislated discrimination, with some legally being paid less than minimum wage and excluded from labour protections regarding hours of work, overtime pay and paid statutory holidays. It needs to end.
Read more: https://www.policynote.ca/farmworkers-minimum-wage/
Estimates to build TMX have gone up from an initial $7.4 billion to an astonishing $21.4 billion. When it’s done, it will facilitate a massive increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
The pipeline project symbolizes the contradictions in Canada’s climate policy. Never have Canadian politicians spent so much for so little, and at the wrong time.
Read Marc Lee’s latest: https://www.policynote.ca/tmx-costs/
#stopTMX #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli #climateaction
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Jobs in BC’s forestry industry continue to disappear, the latest being 300 high-paying jobs at a pulp mill in Prince George. Relentless logging of the province’s forests are to blame, and while successive provincial governments have talked about solutions, actions from them have been few.
Ben Parfitt’s latest explains: https://www.policynote.ca/running-on-empty/
A massive increase in public investment in non-market housing in BC is both achievable and affordable through a model proposed by CCPA–BC senior economist Alex Hemingway aimed at middle income earners.
The model is self financing and therefore won't compete with other priorities for tax dollars—and it could make a serious dent in the province's housing crisis.
Read more: https://www.policynote.ca/change-housing-game/ #bcpoli #bchousing
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New research from the CCPA–BC finds the economic costs of 2021’s extreme weather events could hit $17 BILLION, making it the most expensive climate year in Canadian history. It’s a wakeup call for action.
Read more: www.policynote.ca/climate-reckoning #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climateaction #climateemergency
FREE WEBINAR: The authors of the new book The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada will discuss a near future where oil and gas stay in the ground; where a caring economy provides social supports for all; where wealth is redistributed from the billionaire class; and where stolen land is rightfully reclaimed under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z8vJBd4wTamGbSuOyG6pPw #skpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #FirstNations
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Major government investments in making child care more affordable have made a difference for families, but rising costs for other essentials like food and housing have resulted in an increase in the living wage across BC this year.
Read more in the 2022 living wage update from the CCPA–BC and Living Wage for Families BC: http://www.policynote.ca/living-wage-2022
CCPA - BC Office
Fearless ideas & research from the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. We ❤️ social, environmental & economic justice.