Category: News
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New report: BC Living Wage 2025
The living wage in Metro Vancouver is now $10 more per hour than BC’s minimum wage. A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused Metro Vancouver’s living wage to accelerate to the highest amount since the calculation began. View the report and all 27 community calculations.
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Mamdani’s victory: a blueprint for BC?
The development and delivery of Zohran Mamdani’s platform was as important as the platform itself. This is what made his campaign different.
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Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path. The choices this government makes now will have real effects on the lives of British Columbians and Canadians. There’s a lot to unpack in the…
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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
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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Budget 2025 should bolster employee ownership to strengthen Canada’s economy
Budget 2025 is an opportunity to make employee ownership permanent and boost productivity by extending and expanding the capital gains exemption for EOTs.
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🎬 The housing crisis is solvable—key policies + local lessons
[Webinar recording] Alex Hemingway ( senior economist, BC Policy Solutions) and Sarah Ellis (Executive Director, Squamish Community Housing Society and former city planner) discuss BC’s housing crisis and what is needed to make real progress to tackle this critical issue that has been overwhelming BC for far too long.
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The truth behind BC’s deficit and debt
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem. In recent days we’ve heard much about how the provincial government has gone from surpluses to a projected $11.6 billion deficit this year. But before we panic about government spending, let’s examine what really created this fiscal challenge. The numbers tell a clear story. Yes, $11.6…
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🎬 BC isn’t broke: the truth behind the deficit (and other austerity narratives)
Take a data-driven look at BC’s fiscal health and equip yourself with arguments to challenge austerity narratives in favour of more sustainable and progressive policy solutions.
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Rising to meet the moment: From BC Policy Solutions’ new co-Executive Directors
We are excited to introduce ourselves as the new Co-Executive Directors of BC Policy Solutions and to share our vision for this pivotal moment in BC’s history.
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