Policy Note
WEBJun 18, 2024 · A progressive take on BC issues. We deliver timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning ...
WEB34 minutes ago · Vancouver is the epicentre of BC’s housing crisis and shortage.So why does the city still effectively ban new apartment buildings on most of its residential land, reserving it exclusively for low-density housing?. While there have been small steps towards reforming single-family zoning in Vancouver in recent years, apartments are still not allowed on more than three quarters of the city’s ...
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 …
The case for expanding democratic employee ownership in Canada
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Employee Ownership Trusts are a powerful model that allows a trust to acquire a firm on behalf of its employees without workers paying out-of-pocket. Instead, outgoing business owners agree to take deferred payments that come out of the firm’s profits over several years (sweetened by a proposed capital gains tax break on the sale).
Canada’s broken promises to migrant care workers : Policy Note
WEBJun 18, 2024 · According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) most-recent announcement, only 5,700 care workers and their families have become permanent residents in the program’s five-year existence. The pilot programs were supposed to provide a path to PR for 5,500 workers per year or 27,500 workers over their five-year span.
Legislated Paid Sick Leave – A Historic Moment for Worker Rights
WEBOct 6, 2021 · In addition to the automatic initial three days, annual accrual of one hour of paid sick leave for every 35 hours worked up to a maximum 52 hours paid leave per year, equating to a total maximum of 10 days per year for full-time employment. Carry-over of up to 10 days of unused paid sick leave at the end of each year to the following year.
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WEBA progressive take on BC issues. We deliver timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect British Columbians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, provincial budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
Big ideas on the supply side of housing affordability
WEBJul 14, 2021 · The final report of the Canada-British Columbia Expert Panel on the Future of Housing Supply and Affordability, published in June 2021, contains 23 recommendations made primarily to the BC and federal governments. The Panel organized these under five broad calls to action: Creating a planning framework that proactively encourages housing; Reforming fees on property development;
Economy - Policy Note
WEBJun 18, 2024 · May 30, 2024. By Iglika Ivanova. On June 1, BC’s minimum wage is going up to $17.40 per hour. Despite this welcome pay raise for the 240,000 lowest-paid workers in the province, the minimum wage remains over $3 per hour lower than the lowest living wage in BC ($20.64 in Dawson Creek). In BC’s largest cities, Metro Vancouver and Greater ...
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.