Category: Report
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Not making enough to live: A third of workers in British Columbia don’t earn a living wage
New Statistics Canada data show a growing gap between wages and the cost of living, with one third of workers in British Columbia—more than 775,000 people—earning less than the living wage in their communities.
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Growing Justice: Health, safety and dignity for South Asian farmworker women in British Columbia
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Anelyse Weiler, Associate Professor of Sociology Anushay Malik, Social Historian at Simon Fraser University David Fairey, Labour Economist and Labour Relations Research Consultant Jasmine Padam, PhD student (University of Victoria)For decades, South Asian immigrant farmworker women have faced exploitative practices like wage theft, lack of access to clean washrooms and excessive and unpredictable hours. This report seeks to address these issues via policy reform.
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Protecting BC workers in a warming climate: Recommendations for WorkSafeBC
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Susanna Klassen, Postdoctoral Researcher Anelyse Weiler, Associate Professor of SociologyBC’s current heat exposure regulations are outdated and insufficient to protect workers from the risks of extreme heat. The recommendations below are offered to inform revision of the BC Thermal Exposure regulations to ensure the most vulnerable workers are protected.
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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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The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
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Alex Hemingway, Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst Silas Xuereb, Economist and policy analyst at Canadians for Tax FairnessWealth 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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New report: BC Living Wage 2025
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Iglika Ivanova, co-Executive Director Anastasia French, Managing Director, Living Wage BCThe 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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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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