Author: Véronique Sioufi
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Protecting platform workers
BC Policy Solutions submission to the Ministry of Labour 2025/26 Review of Standards and Protections for Online Platform Workers
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BC Budget 2026: A slow retreat from public services that leaves people to fend for themselves
With Budget 2026, the BC government has prioritized deficit and debt reduction at the expense of public investment that could have made life more affordable for BC families and built a more equitable future for the next generation.
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🎬 AI, civil liberties and your job. What you need to know
[Webinar recording] Véronique Sioufi and guests offer a crash course on AI, what risks it might pose to our jobs and civil liberties and the policies needed to ensure AI serves people over profit.
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🎬 Racial inequality in Canada’s housing market
Watch: 🎬 Racial inequality in Canada’s housing market, report highlights
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Racial inequality in Canada’s housing market
This report synthesizes extensive literature on racial inequities in Canada’s housing market, highlighting how systemic racism continues to exclude Indigenous, Black, Arab, Latin American, and other racialized and immigrant communities from stable, affordable housing.
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Could Mamdani’s bold agenda work in BC?
Article by Véronique Sioufi. Well beyond New York City’s boroughs, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has captured public attention with a comprehensive, unapologetically socialist mayoral platform.
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Four lessons for justice beyond the ballot box
While Trump’s tariffs are top of mind in the federal election, urgent issues like Indigenous sovereignty, workers’ rights, racial equity and climate action should define this moment. Trump’s erratic policies are creating real economic anxieties that can’t be ignored, but Canadian political discourse has narrowed in this election at the expense of all else. We’re…
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Why transit cuts cost more than they save
Exploring the pivotal role a reliable public transit system has in fostering equitable, green and sustainable communities—and what we risk losing if cuts go forward.
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Building economic resilience starts with racial equity
Racial equity is the practical strategy for an economy that can withstand external shocks and for a society that refuses to be turned against itself.
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Bailey’s budget must unite, not divide
Minister Bailey will deliver her first budget tomorrow. Her budget must balance the need to protect British Columbians from US tariffs by providing cost-of-living relief. This is no easy challenge. But it must also focus on uniting the province by lifting people out of poverty rather than deepening divisions through austerity.

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