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CUSMA 2026: Reversing Big Tech’s power grab
The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement that replaced NAFTA includes a first-of-its-kind digital trade chapter that builds on the e-commerce chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for…
Minimum wage is not a living wage: BC
VANCOUVER—The minimum wage may be going up on Saturday, but one third of employed British Columbians are not earning a living wage, show new statistics…
Trapped in the wage gap
Even with the June 1 minimum wage increase, one in three BC employees will earn less than their community’s living wage—over 740,000 people.Far too many…
Canada should make the most of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review process
OTTAWA—The Canadian government shouldn’t be passive in the upcoming Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review process; it should strive to make the trade agreement more worker- and…
Making the most of the CUSMA review
In 2026, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement will be up for review—and the possibility of political shakeups means that governments should start preparing now.
Target Mexico: Removing the bias in CUSMA dispute settlement and investor protection
An orderly method for resolving trade disputes with the United States was a top Canadian priority in negotiations toward the 1988 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement…
Getting serious about enforcing CUSMA’s environmental rules
With annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuels in 2023 reaching the highest ever recorded, the need for urgent action on climate change beyond current…
The 2026 CUSMA review: prepare for the worst, plan for progress
“The way we see our relationships with each other in many respects is going to be a function of how we see our place in…
Canadian cities could raise tens of millions of dollars with one tool: a local income tax
OTTAWA—Canadian cities straining under the weight of greater demand for improved public services without adequate support from senior levels of government should be given another…
New report sets out bold 10-year plan for integrated public transit throughout BC
UNCEDED SQUAMISH, TSLEIL-WAUTUTH AND MUSEQUEAM TERRITORIES/BURNABY, B.C.—Within the next decade, British Columbia’s local transit systems could be united into an upgraded provincewide public transit network,…
Half measures not good enough
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 18, 2024
BC Solutions Magazine
In this issue of BC Solutions Magazine: Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy A paradox in Covid-19 recovery
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