Category: Research
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The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future of Canada.
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The future of primary care in BC
This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that are responsive to local community’s needs.
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Is it time to ban tipping in Canada and enact a living wage?
While tipping boosts workers’ overall pay when compared to a minimum wage floor, a growing body of research highlights its negative aspects.
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This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable. Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, a scarcity of homes, displacement, homelessness and the quiet exclusion of people from entire neighbourhoods. While a boon to some, high housing costs…
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Climate change and labour precarity: a worker-centred agenda
Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil ended, the last week of November was Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it was organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Climate Week stands out from…
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Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line. The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between groceries and medication, between heating…
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🎬 Living Wage report 2025: online briefing
Living Wage report authors discuss the key findings and policy recommendations from this year’s Living Wage report.
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Despite intensifying trade tensions, BC’s low-wage workers can’t be forgotten
While governments grapple with intensifying trade tensions, the daily struggles of over 700,000 low-wage British Columbians whose paycheques don’t cover the cost of living in their communities often go unnoticed.
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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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