BC Office Updates
BC’s forests are in crisis. The sharp increase in wood pellet exports to Japan is fueling the loss of BC primary forests. The indicators of unsustainable demand are evident, and without proper...
April 24, 2024 |
BC Office The federal government is considering ways for employees to have more ownership and control in their workplace by tabling legislation to create a new Employee Ownership Trust legal structure. And...
April 16, 2024 |
BC Office Submission to the 2024 BC Labour Relations Code Review
April 11, 2024 |
BC Office For months, officials in the Ministry of Forests have been working on a map that radically departs from the recommendations of a panel appointed by the provincial government to advise it on how to...
March 7, 2024 |
BC Office A 10-year vision for public transit throughout BC. Read here.
February 16, 2024 |
BC Office Despite the formidable challenges ahead, Canada’s path to net-zero is achievable with a clear, actionable plan that recognizes the scale of the undertaking and the limitations of potential solutions...
February 8, 2024 |
BC Office A new report on the increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia. View report here.
January 24, 2024 |
BC Office The same basket of goods in Metro Vancouver costs $4,000 more than last year the 2023 Living Wage report shows.
November 7, 2023 |
BC Office This groundbreaking report shows precarious work in BC is far more pervasive than many assume.
April 12, 2023 |
BC Office This new report with the Climate Action Network - Reseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada outlines the transformational climate investments the federal government must make for long-term prosperity in...
February 15, 2023 |
BC Office The costs of BC’s 2021 extreme climate events are billions of dollars more than widely reported estimates. This report provides a first-ever estimate of the total economic costs and looks at lost...
November 29, 2022 |
BC Office Inflation and soaring living costs have caused unprecedented increases in the living wage across BC. This report shows the living wage has increased in all communities where it has been calculated in...
November 17, 2022 |
BC Office New CCPA research shows the province's wood pellet industry is sending forests and forest industry jobs up in smoke with the help of an undisclosed amount of subsidies to UK-based industry giant Drax...
April 13, 2022 |
BC Office With two unions and a conservation organization, we have asked the Competition Bureau of Canada to formally investigate UK energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry. Drax is using its...
February 15, 2022 |
BC Office Metro Vancouver needs more housing—specifically “missing middle” housing between the extremes of detached homes and large condo towers—to address twin crises of housing affordability and climate...
February 7, 2022 |
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