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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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Next steps for federal housing policy: A look at 2021 election promises
New measures may help somewhat on the margins, but more fundamental changes in tax and regulatory policies will be needed to close the growing gap in housing.
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A challenge to the 44th Parliament: Make the global fossil fuel phase-out your legacy
It is time for Canada to step up as a true climate leader by championing an international agreement to phase out all fossil fuels, including oil and gas.
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A Zero Waste Agenda for BC
Download 2.77 MB 60 pages While BC is a continental leader in composting and recycling, it continues to generate large amounts of unnecessary waste. This…
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Five lessons from BC’s horrific wildfire season
In British Columbia, climate change is no longer something abstract for the future. The late June heat dome event—that claimed 500-600 lives—and the wildfires that…
Big ideas on the supply side of housing affordability
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…
Canada’s road to zero carbon emissions full of dangerous distractions
Net zero is increasingly used regarding emissions reduction targets. But what does it really mean? With the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12) Canada…
Dangerous Distractions
Canada’s carbon emissions and the pathway to net zero Download 724.3 KB 16 pages Reducing emissions to zero is a clear concept, but “net zero”…
Basic income panel calls for major reforms to income security in BC
When the final report of BC’s Basic Income Panel came out in January, the media coverage was largely reduced to a few dismissive headlines that…
How to build affordable rental housing in Vancouver
Download 766.31 KB7 pages A major build-out of affordable housing requires us to stop relying on the current private, for-profit approach in BC and Canada.…
Rosenbluth Lecture 2021: Peter Victor, Slower by Design, not Disaster
The Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture was held virtually in February. The lecture is in honour of Gideon Rosenbluth, who was an esteemed professor of economics…
Fracking in BC’s northeast
Last summer I got out of Vancouver and toured northern BC. While the trip was mostly for pleasure, my inner economist could not resist some…
Vacancy control: taking the next step on housing affordability
Recently, two Ontario-based Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) purchased 15 Vancouver apartment buildings for $292 million from Hollyburn Properties. Tenants in those buildings, totaling 614…