“The federal government thinks they can turn funding on and off like a tap, but these are people,” said researcher @verosioufi.bsky.social. “People don’t get settled overnight.” vancouversun.com/news/federal...

Bravecat and co-director Emily Kassie share their thoughts on the nomination.

Our former colleague Ben Parfitt's latest in @thetyee.ca. Fighting oil and gas industry developments is almost always a losing proposition. www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

"If Trump is serious about these tariffs and it's not just a negotiating ploy then it means we need to look at other things. How do we deepen our domestic markets? How do we improve inter-provincial trade?" asks senior economist @marclee.bsky.social. www.cranbrooktownsman.com/news/bc-trad...

Meet the cleaners taking control of their work: Instead of being low-paid employees, they chose to launch a co-operative and be the owners.

“A barista doesn’t magically appear at the coffee shop when a customer comes to the door. They need to keep the coffee shop ready for when customers come. It’s the same thing being able to work delivery," says @verosioufi.bsky.social of BC's rules for gig drivers. www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

New from @policyalternatives.bsky.social : With Trump threatening punishing tariffs on #Canada and #Mexico, the two countries should consider a coordinated response meant to hit Trump hard. By Nathaniel Denaro #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Here is today's segment from The Current on CBC with Matt Galloway on the impacts of Trump's tariffs, and howCanada can respond: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-.... I joined two business guests (auto parts from Ont and seafood from NS), who were both articulate, sincere, and (like me) worried.

PODCAST: Municipalities are resisting greater density, saying they can’t afford the infrastructure costs. Danny Oleksiuk says this argument doesn’t hold water. @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social @sightline.org @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @ccpabc.bsky.social @ccpabcjean.bsky.social shorturl.at/7xb3J

Saturday | 10:05 PT Lower Mainland municipalities are resisting greater density, saying they can’t afford infrastructure costs. Danny Oleksiuk says the argument doesn’t hold water @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social @sightline.org @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @ccpabc.bsky.social @ccpabcjean.bsky.social

ICYMI Concern about infrastructure costs has become the latest housing NIMBYism cry say @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social. But denser housing actually means lower prices per unit for infrastructure upgrades, they explain. vancouversun.com/opinion/worr...

Amazon couldn’t stop a historic union drive in Quebec—so now it’s shutting down all its facilities and leaving the province. Scholar and organizer Mostafa Henaway says the corporate giant is sending an unmistakable message of intimidation to its global workforce. breachmedia.ca/amazon-quitt...

Vancouver is the epicentre of BC's housing shortage. Mayor and council continue to use restrictive zoning to ban apartments—non-market and market housing alike—on the vast majority of the residential land, suppressing housing supply and driving displacement. This city is not doing "doing its part"

This has quickly become one of the most popular pieces I've written for Substack. And for good reason. The coming months and years will drive you insane if you don't have a plan to manage your sanity. Here's how to start. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/preparing-...

Costs of public infrastructure are becoming the go-to excuse for restrictive zoning policies in BC, policies that ban apartments on most residential land and reserve it for low-density options, write @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social. vancouversun.com/opinion/worr...

Worried about infrastructure costs? Then end the apartment ban
. To tackle the housing shortage and close the infrastructure gap, ending exclusionary zoning is a critical part of the solution. My oped with @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social in today's Vancouver Sun vancouversun.com/opinion/worr...

"If you're a human being living on this planet, that means you have everything you need to care about climate change and to use your voice to advocate for climate action." Beautiful interview @katharinehayhoe.com about why climate science + activism should go hand in hand. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Vancouver restaurants have success with no tips, living wage service. vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

This is a rich mythbuster by Gabe Friedman for the Financial Post on what becoming the 51st state would really mean: financialpost.com/news/economy.... Borders are not just a 'friction'. They help to ground investment so we can be more than a northern hinterland in NA. #cdnecon

For makers of cement, finding ways to shrink their carbon footprints, even as demand soars, can’t happen soon enough. A global look at potential ways to cut emissions from the most widely used human-made material. 🌎🚚

Jim Stanford delivers the facts on why the threatened #USTariffs are based on a "wholly false premise" "Trump’s claim the bilateral deficit is $200 billion is an utter fabrication" #Canadasky #cdnpoli #cdnecon

NEW - BC is launching the provincial registry for short-term rentals on properties like AirBnB, VRBO, etc. All owners must register for a number, which then is displayed on listings. The government will charge owners a fee to register, also.

Our 2020 report Challenging Racist British Columbia with the National Association of Japanese Canadians says George Pearson was part of a BC delegation to Ottawa to lobby for the “forced eviction” of the Japanese population. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/17/v...

Much of Pierre Poilievre’s commentary to date is centred around trash-talking Canada and blaming everything on Trudeau and the federal Liberals. So what does he stand for and what would he do as PM? I read the economic tea leaves here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Some thoughts on exactly that here podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/l... in conversation with @davidmoscrop.com. Reminder that there parts of the big picture that are neither dumb nor terrible. Let's lever those realities today to create a better tomorrow. #FutureOfWorkers #BetterFutureForAll

Hear @verosioufi.bsky.social, our researcher for racial & socio-economic equity, talking to @amjohal.bsky.social on SFU's Below the Radar on Racial Equity in Policy Making including issues of labour inequality, structural racism and decolonization. www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...

@dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social debunk the go-to excuse for NIMBY policies in British Columbia: infrastructure concerns. @policyalternatives.bsky.social ives.bsky.social

Research shows that to alleviate housing shortages it's far cheaper to build and maintain public infrastructure to service denser forms of housing than it is to service low-density sprawl, write @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social. www.policynote.ca/housing-infr...

A recent report found public infrastructure costs for apts were 5 to 9 times cheaper than for houses. Overwhelming evidence shows denser housing reduces per-capita infrastructure costs: new research from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social. www.policynote.ca/housing-infr...

Housing density is not the problem. By imposing low-density zoning cities make the challenge of paying for infrastructure harder, not easier, ‪@1alexhemingway.bsky.social‬ and @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social write in new research. They call for the end of apartment bans. www.biv.com/news/real-es...

At 10:35 hear @1alexhemingway.bsky.social with Mike Smyth on CKNW on new research from Alex and @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social about how infrastructure costs are often used as an excuse for lower density. Thing is higher density means lower infrastructure costs. globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/

Infrastructure costs have become a go-to excuse for restrictive zoning policy in BC. But this gets things backwards. Infrastructure for denser housing is cheaper per capita. Apartment bans are hurting, not helping. New analysis by me & @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social www.policynote.ca/housing-infr...

Infrastructure costs are used as an excuse for restrictive zoning policies in BC effectively banning apartments on most residential land, instead having low-density options like detached houses, new research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social. policynote.ca/housing-infr...

The effect of corporate power in our food system is corrosive; there is another way. Read the latest from the winter edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.bsky.social. By James Hannay #climatecrisis www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

A great thing about each New Year is @jasonkirby.bsky.social's wonderful smorgasbord of economic charts, for @theglobeandmail.com. You could honestly teach a whole econ policy course just going through them all! Here's mine: on the non-relation between wages & inflation in 🇨🇦 since COVID. #cdnecon

This is 21st Century Fire:

“Catastrophic fire erases what was there before. So does forgetting…. We cannot know the future, but remembering the past with care and accuracy equips us to navigate it.” Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for these thoughtful words on wilful ignorance www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICYMI: "The idea that a [trade] imbalance necessarily hurts a country is misplaced, said Stuart Trew, director of the trade and investment research project at @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social. “It’s actually creating jobs in the US." www.cp24.com/news/money/2...

The recent LA fires shed light on a troubling practice in California: the use of incarcerated individuals to fight wildfires. This system, which utilizes an exception in the 13th Amendment, raises serious human rights concerns. 🧵⤵️

New study finds that oil & gas companies aren't just fueling the climate crisis -- the pollution from their activities is also causing significant negative respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes for impacted communities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A long-delayed Vancouver housing megaproject is closer to reality: Concord Pacific unveils a multibillion-dollar plan for towers on vacant False Creek land.

One volunteer-run group in Seattle is bringing together people who care about climate for meaningful social experiences like community dinners, pro-climate actions, and even in-person dating events. The nonprofit’s goal? To fight climate anxiety and loneliness.

A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.

What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, new analysis shows. This is because the UK has phased out coal and is now getting less than half as much electricity from burning fossil fuels as a decade ago, while renewable generation has more than doubled. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

The 10 hottest years in the last 100,000+ years are... the last 10 years. 😬 😬 😬. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

New from @policyalternatives.bsky.social: What does it mean to prorogue parliament? What happens to key legislation? We've got your answers here. #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The totem pole stands in the entryway of France’s Musée du Quai Branly, elegant but somewhat out of place. Strangers breeze past often without a glance. For nearly a century, the pole has been separated from its people.