News releases & updates from our BC office.
BC Office News Releases and Updates
Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
April 14, 2022BC Budget 2021—Missed opportunities and inadequate investments
February 22, 2022Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated, union, conservation and public policy groups demand
February 16, 2022Higher-density development solution for housing affordability and climate change, new report
February 10, 2022Provincial subsidies fuel logging of millions of additional old-growth trees
First Nation, environmental and former labour leaders demand answers
December 2, 2021Province told in 2010 that too few employed at River Forecast Centre
Horrific floods underscore need for increased capacity
December 1, 2021End fracking industry’s free ride with water; groups urge government to include water subsidies in gas royalty review
November 25, 2021Living wage rises across BC due to cost of living, especially housing
Government investments in child care and family supports offset other expense increases
November 2, 2021Groups urge government to disclose subsidies to Drax, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
April 13, 2022BC’s wood pellet industry monopoly must be investigated
February 15, 2022Working for a Living Wage: Making paid work meet basic family needs in Metro Vancouver
November 1, 2021A Zero Waste Agenda for BC
October 25, 2021Experts—10 paid sick days minimum needed
October 20, 2021An Insecure Future
August 4, 2021Inequality, employment and COVID-19
June 23, 2021Canada’s Energy Sector
May 31, 2021