Media Mentions

Black Business Magazine | Closing the Gap In Black Homeownership and Wealth Inequality in Canada (Véronique Sioufi)

New York Times | One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis (Alexander Hemingway)

The Province | One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis (Iglika Ivanova, Navdeep Chhina)

Press Progress | Uber Drivers in Victoria Successfully Bargained a Collective Agreement, and Here’s What They Got (Véronique Sioufi)

The Tyee | Post-Secondary Is in Crisis. A New Report Proposes a Fix (Véronique Sioufi)

msn | BC raises minimum wage, but it’s still not enough according to economists (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Surrey Citizen | Surrey farmworker women face exploitive practices: report (BC Policy Solutions)

Daily Hive | Here’s how B.C.’s average wage stacks up against the rest of Canada (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Castanet Kelowna | On The Street: Is B.C.’s new minimum wage enough? (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Radio-Canada – Panorama | La DRIPA, une loi à rejeter ou un bouc émissaire? (special monthly segment with Véronique Sioufi)

City News | Council approves motion in support of low-income transit pass (Iglika Ivanova)

The Early Edition : AM 1150 | What BC’s latest gender pay gap numbers really tell us about the economy June 03, 2026 (Iglika Ivanova)

CBC BC Today | Minimum wage increase (Iglika Ivanova)

Prince George Citizen | Minimum wage goes up by 2.1%, but some argue it isn’t enough (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Daily Hive | ‘Impossible trade-offs’: Over a third of B.C. workers aren’t making enough to live (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

CKPG Today | Minimum wage increase met with criticism from multiple angles (BC Policy Solutions, Iglika Ivanova)

Castanet/Glacier Media | Living Wage BC finds hourly pay to live normal life much higher than minimum wage (Living Wage BC)

Black Press | Nelson can be pricier than Vancouver, and other realities of B.C.’s living wage (Anastasia French)

The Pique Newsmagazine | Cost of basic living in Whistler hits $29.60 per hour, highest in B.C. (Anastasia French)

Squamish Chief | Squamish now requires the second highest living wage in the province,  behind only Whistler (BC Policy Solutions, Anastasia French)

Squamish Reporter | Squamish living wage rises to $28 per hour amid rising household costs (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Coast Reporter | Sunshine Coast’s hourly ‘living wage’ reaches $26.65 (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Victoria Times-Colonist | Living wage for Greater Victoria rises to $27.40 an hour (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Victoria Buzz | Annual report finds living wage in Victoria has climbed to $27.40 an hour (Living Wage BC)

Nanaimo News Now | Living wage in Nanaimo increases again, up over $8 per hour in four years (Iglika Ivanova)

Campbell River Mirror | Campbell River’s living wage almost $8 above minimum wage (Living Wage BC)

My Coast Now | Living wage increases in Vancouver Island communities  (Living Wage BC)

Kelowna Now | Kelowna has the 10th highest ‘living wage’ in BC at $25.95 (Living Wage BC)

Penticton Herald | Okanagan workers need $25/hour to make ends meet (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Prince George Citizen | Living wage in PG increased by one per cent, experts say current wages are not enough (Anastasia French)

My Prince George Now | PG-Cariboo’s living wage sees 1.0% increase in last 12 months (Living Wage BC)

Nelson Star | Nelson more costly for single adults to live in than Vancouver: report (Anastasia French)

Revelstoke Review | Revelstoke’s cost of living rises 9% to $27.80 per hour (Living Wage BC)

Rossland News | Trail’s living wage rises to $22.95, report shows (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

My East Kootenay Now | Columbia Valley and Golden see highest living wages in southeast B.C.: report (BC Policy Solutions, Living Wage BC)

Immigration News Canada | New Living Wage In B.C. 2025 Will Shock You – Full List of 27 Regions (Living Wage BC)

CBC BC Radio-BC Today | 2025 Living Wage Report (interview with Iglika Ivanova with audience calls)

CBC BC Radio-Daybreak Kamloops | Kamloops living wage (Iglika Ivanova)

CBC BC Radio-Daybreak North | Living wage report says Kitimat close to Metro Vancouver (Anastasia French)

CFAX Radio | Greater Victoria’s 2025 living wage pegged at $27.40 per hour – nearly $10 above BC’s minimum wage (Anastasia French)

Global BC | Metro Vancouver Living Wage Report (Anastasia French)

chek NEWS | Living Wage across Vancouver Island climbs, up to $27.40 in Victoria (Anastasia French)

CFJC Today (Kamloops) | Driven by food inflation and rising rent costs, Kamloops living wage sits at $24.45 per hour (Anastasia French)

CFJC Today (Kamloops) | ‘It’s the very least we can do’; Living Wage Employer in Kamloops extols the virtues of fair pay (Anastasia French)

Vista Radio | Living wage still out of reach for many British Columbians, says report (BC Policy Solution, Living Wage BC)

CBC BC Radio-BC Today | Budget day in Canada (panel with Alex Hemingway with audience calls)

Business in Vancouver | B.C.’s multiplex rollout hits speed bumps as cities diverge (Alex Hemingway)

CBC BC Radio-On The Coast | Reaction from two economists about the Vancouver municipal budget (Alex Hemingway)

The Bullet | Climate Change and Labour Precarity: A Worker-Centred Agenda by Leah Montagne

CTV BC | Programs on the chopping block as B.C. charities face funding crisis (Iglika Ivanova)

Business in Vancouver | Building-boom ambitions meet economic headwinds in B.C. (Alex Hemingway)

The Tyee | Could This One Change Give Vulnerable BC Workers More Power? (Véronique Sioufi)

Vancouver Sun | Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem by Iglika Ivanova

Radio-Canada – Panorama | Le syndicalisme et le droit de grève (monthly segment with Véronique Sioufi)

Vancouver Sun | Opinion: The safety net is tearing: B.C. non-profits are in crisis by Iglika Ivanova with Rowan Burdge, Anastasia French, Zahra Esmail

Vancouver Sun | ‘Overburdened:’ B.C. non-profits sound alarm over funding crisis (Zahra Esmail, Halena Seiferling in collaboration with BC Policy Solutions)

Vista Radio (BC affiliates) | Nonprofits say funding crisis affects vital community services (Zahra Esmail in collaboration with BC Policy Solutions)

Co-op radio: Redeye | Unionization of Uber and Amazon workers (Véronique Sioufi)

Canadian Dimension | Budget 2025 should bolster employee ownership to strengthen Canada’s economy by Simon Pek, Lorin Busaan and Alex Hemingway

Press Progress | How BC’s Labour Laws Help Gig Workers Organize (Véronique Sioufi)

Radio-Canada – Panorama | You can hear our Racial Equity Researcher Véronique Sioufi on Radio-Canada’s Panorama program every second Tuesday of the month. Her first broadcast, Les politiques de Mamdani sont-elles transposables en C.-B.?

Vancouver Sun | A new ‘blueprint’ for infrastructure? Some say $250-million federal announcement underscores need for systemic change (Alex Hemingway)

Jacobin | Designing a Wealth Tax for Today’s Robber Barons, by Alex Hemingway

CKNW Mornings with Simi | Should we tax the rich? (Alex Hemingway)

The Tyee | The Overwhelming Case for a Wealth Tax, by Alex Hemingway

Medium | The case for a Canadian wealth tax (Alex Hemingway)

City News Vancouver | Is B.C.’s new minimum wage keeping up with rising costs? (BC Policy Solutions and Anastasia French)

CBC News | B.C.’s fourth year raising minimum wage based on previous years average inflation rate (Iglika Ivanova, Anastasia French)

Vancouver Sun | Opinion: The gap between the minimum wage and what workers need to live with dignity (Iglika Ivanova, Anastasia French)

Jacobin | Opinion: Democratic Workplaces Make Economies Stronger by Michael K. MacKenzie, Simon Pek and Alex Hemingway

The Bind | Podcast: A conversation with Alex Hemingway about worker ownership for International Workers Day

Vancouver Sun | Opinion: Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownership by Michael K. MacKenzie, Simon Pek and Alex Hemingway

The Globe and Mail | Major parties agree that Canada faces a housing shortage, but are split on how to bridge the gap (Alex Hemingway)

Canada’s National Observer | Opinion: If we‘re in an economic war, why aren’t we talking about war taxes? by Seth Klein (quotes Alex Hemingway)

The Tyee | Janitors Get Set for Citywide Bargaining (Véronique Sioufi)

CKNW Mornings with Simi | Will proposed housing plans solve the housing crisis? (Alex Hemingway)

Black Press Outlets | Proposed federal housing solutions don’t match the problem: B.C. economist (Alex Hemingway)

Vancouver Co-op Radio Redeye | Billionaires and skyrocketing housing costs big drivers of wealth inequality (Alex Hemingway)

CKPG Today | What are federal political parties promising surrounding housing? (Alex Hemingway)

CBC The Early Edition | Examining the housing platforms of three leading federal parties (Alex Hemingway)

Canadian Family Offices| Is Canada’s tax regime eating away at our prosperity? (Alex Hemingway)

CTV News | Big drop in gas prices expected Saturday (Iglika Ivanova)

Vancouver Sun | Opinion: Trade war demands a bold vision amid B.C.’s affordability crisis by Iglika Ivanova

Jacobin | Opinion: Canada’s Inequality Is Driven by Billionaire Wealth by Alex Hemingway

The Tyee | Why the Parties Have It Wrong with Tax-Cut Promises (Alex Hemingway)

CTV News | April Fools’ Day’: Fuel analyst questions impact of ending B.C. carbon tax (Alex Hemingway)

Vancouver Sun | Scrapping carbon tax might make life more unaffordable, advocates say (Alex Hemingway)

Vancouver Sun | Update: B.C. to eliminate incentives for secondary suites amid financial constraints (Alex Hemingway)

My Cowichan Valley Now | North Cowichan not alone in seeking help with municipal infrastructure funding (Alex Hemingway)

CBC News | B.C. government ‘really in a bind’ as budget aims for flexibility amid tariff uncertainty (Alex Hemingway)

The Bind | How can we protect people from the trade war? (Alex Hemingway)

Vancouver Sun | B.C. housing starts fell last year. Industry leaders fear trade war will make it worse (Alex Hemingway)

The Ecocentric News Radio |BC’s Budget day faces multiple crises. (Iglika Ivanova)

Various Local Outlets | Spending and deficits in Budget 2025 draw mixed response (Alex Hemingway)

CBC News | BC BUDGET 2025 —interview with Alex Hemingway

The Tyee | Record Deficit, Spending Maintained in BC’s Tariff Budget (Alex Hemingway)

The Canadian Press (republished in 65+ outlets)| What people have to say about B.C.’s budget as the U.S. applies tariffs (Alex Hemingway)

Vancouver Sun | B.C. Budget 2025: U.S. tariffs overshadow budget as record deficit projected (Alex Hemingway)

CBC News | Perennial uncertainty of tariffs looms over B.C.’s budget (Alex Hemingway)

Terrace Standard | Disaster or appropriate response? B.C. budget draws wide reactions (Alex Hemingway)

CKNW The Mike Smyth Show | Continuing the conversation on the BC budget, & Trump’s tariff tirade continues! (Alex Hemingway)