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Marc Lee
Marc Lee is a Senior Economist at the CCPA’s BC Office. In addition to tracking federal and provincial budgets and economic trends, Marc has published on a range of topics from poverty and inequality to globalization and international trade to public services and regulation. Marc is Co-Director of the Climate Justice Project, a research partnership with UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning that examines the links between climate change policies and social justice. Follow Marc on Twitter
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Paved with good intentions: A guide to evolving climate policies in BC
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, an economics professor of mine used to say back in the late 1980s. Concerned about the…
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The problem with BC’s “clean growth” climate rhetoric
The BC government recently released three “intentions papers” on climate policy—transportation, buildings and industry—all wrapped in the term “clean growth.” In fact, the term “clean”…
Submission to BC government and Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council
Download 320.15 KB11 pages In its first year in power, the new BC government has increased the BC carbon tax and improved the carbon credit,…
LNG is incompatible with BC’s climate obligations
Now that we are in a sunny lull between the end of flooding season and the start of fire season, it’s time we had a…
Tax breaks and subsidies for BC LNG
At the height of LNG-mania in 2013/14, high prices in Asia fueled a gold rush mentality in BC—based on shipping cheap BC gas to Asia…
Mobility pricing: What happened? What’s next?
The final report of the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission (MPIC) was delivered to the Mayors’ Council and TransLink Board on May 24. The report was…
Gas gouging in Metro Vancouver: Blame Big Oil, not taxes
Everyone is talking about the high price of gas in Metro Vancouver, which hit a new record in May, topping $1.60 per litre. The story…
From housing market to human right: A view from Metro Vancouver
Submission to the Government of Canada, National Housing Strategy public consultations Download 1.97 MB7 pages This submission was made to the Government of Canada’s consultation on National Housing…
A carbon budget framework for BC: Achieving accountability and oversight
When it comes to climate change Canada’s leaders have been great at setting targets for far into the future and then failing to meet them.…
Mobility pricing in practice: A look at London, Stockholm and Singapore
An independent commission on mobility pricing (also called “road pricing” or “congestion charging”) will report to TransLink and the Mayors’ Council shortly. In a recent…
Kinder Morgan: Costs and benefits unbalanced, not in the national interest
The Alberta and federal governments claim that Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is in the national interest due to its economic benefits. But…
Getting Around Metro Vancouver
A closer look at mobility pricing and fairness Download 1.75 MB28 pages In Metro Vancouver, congestion-induced delays are the norm on the region’s roads and…