Policy Note
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Announcing CCPA–BC’s 2024 Gala keynote speaker: Dr. Vandana Shiva. Jun 27, 2024.
Building equity: lessons for affordable housing in BC
WEB2 days ago · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation estimates that BC needs to build 610,000 more homes by 2030 above current building trends. Surging rents are an artifact of ultra-low vacancy rates for rental housing stock. In Metro Vancouver, vacancy rates around 1% have prevailed for more than a decade with the brief exception of …
Protecting the health and rights of migrant agricultural workers during ...
WEBApr 1, 2020 · Manually skilled migrant workers contribute vitally to the Canadian food chain, including to agricultural and seafood industries. But food security cannot be achieved on the backs of workers who are denied equal access to social protections and benefits, and made uniquely vulnerable to coronavirus transmission. With news about this week’s community outbreak among migrant agricultural workers ...
Robust wealth tax could raise $363B over 10 years - Policy Note
WEBSep 14, 2021 · Based on conservative assumptions, I estimate that a moderate wealth tax (1% over $10 million; 2% over $50 million; 3% over $100 million) would raise more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in net public revenue over 10 years, a cumulative total of $363 billion. If the tax were in place today, it would raise an estimated $28 billion in its ...
A critical guide to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth …
WEBDec 14, 2016 · The Pan-Canadian Framework lacks the urgency called for by climate science, and fails to confront the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry. If you were expecting a list of new climate actions, the framework is a let down. For the most part it repeats measures already announced prior to the …
The need for affordable child care : Policy Note
WEBMay 20, 2022 · Affordability is a top priority, with governments committing significant funds to reduce average child care fees by 50 per cent by the end of this year and $10aDay by 2026. BC’s experience with child care fee reductions to date shows those funds absolutely must have effective safeguards. Otherwise, publicly subsidized fee reductions can be ...
Paying a living wage key to Canada’s post-COVID economic recovery
WEBNov 10, 2021 · The 2021 rates include Vancouver ($20.52), Victoria ($20.46), Calgary ($18.60), Edmonton ($18.10), Toronto ($22.08), Ottawa ($18.60) and Halifax ($22.05). A living wage is different from the minimum wage, which is the lowest that an employer can legally pay their staff. The living wage is calculated as the …
People in poverty need policy solutions, not a report card
WEBJul 29, 2024 · In March 2024, the government announced new targets to reduce poverty by 60%, child poverty by 75% and a new target to reduce seniors’ poverty by 50% by 2034. We are glad to see the new focus on seniors’ poverty and attention paid to what will surely be an increasingly pressing issue. Although we welcome these …
Paid sick leave finally on the agenda: Here’s why it matters
WEBMay 27, 2020 · The likelihood of a job providing paid sick leave appears to increase with pay, however, even those earning between $40,000 and $50,000 per year—close to the median (or middle) income —just over half do not have paid sick leave. Only workers earning $50,000 or more fare better—and even among the highest earning group ($100k-plus), about a ...
COVID-19 : Policy Note
WEBJan 11, 2022 · Aug 25, 2021. By David Green, Lindsay Tedds, Rhys Kesselman and Daniel Perrin. As a fourth wave of COVID-19 ramps up, the impact of the pandemic on the economy, policymaking and budgets has not gone away. More broadly, government responses to the pandemic at both the national and provincial levels have generally been seen as a success.