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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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Faking climate action: BC’s misleading forest gambit
In its August 2016 climate plan update—and subsequent advertising campaign—the BC government put forests front and centre. While this may sound positive, it is really…
Affordable housing and jobs: Now is the time to build
The BC government is spending millions on advertising to promote its actions on affordable housing. In Metro Vancouver, however, where the crisis is most acute,…
Fixing the carbon tax: A closer look at the BC NDP’s climate plan
The BC NDP unveiled its climate plan in early February, and its key plank is to increase the BC carbon tax from its current $30…
The rise and fall of climate action in BC
It was a decade ago, in the February 13, 2007 Speech from the Throne, when the BC government launched into a frenzy of climate action…
BC’s natural gas giveaway: Production soars, revenues plummet
Not long ago, BC received huge annual royalty revenues from its growing natural gas sector. The revenues were often billed as paying for essential public…
Extracted Carbon
Re-examining Canada’s contribution to climate change through fossil fuel exports Download 2.8 MB 34 pages This study re-examines Canada’s contribution to global climate change in…
Taking stock of BC’s new (affordable?) housing policies
In 2016, the BC government set out several new actions intended to address housing affordability. But as 2017 begins, Metro Vancouver continues to have a…
Kinder Morgan’s pipeline sales pitch: Too good to be true?
After the federal approval of Kinder-Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX), Alberta Premier Rachel Notley came to BC to sell the pipeline’s economic benefits.…
The case for a progressive property tax
In 1993, then-Finance Minister Glen Clark tabled a controversial BC Budget, featuring a wide range of tax changes. A one-point increase in the provincial sales…
A reality check on a national carbon price
After years of waffling, Canada is finally moving forward on climate action, including the thorny issue of putting a price on carbon. Last December, Canada helped…
The abysmal economics of LNG
In the lead up to the last provincial election, British Columbians learned about an economic panacea named LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas. This new industrial…
Previewing Canada’s climate action plan
It’s been six months since First Ministers unveiled the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change. At the time, the Declaration was somewhat of a disappointment:…