The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has just released a report that looks at the changes in the poverty rate among seniors in the province over the last four decades. Income and wealth inequality are just two of the factors examined in this detailed document, which you can download and read here.
This latest report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that First Nations children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than kids in any other demographic in Canada. The exact percentage calculated is 51 per cent, with that number rising to a startling 60 per cent for children living on … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) just published their latest report, titled The Case for Increasing the Minimum Wage. In it, economist David Green — who is also a professor, a former chair of the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC and an International Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London — debunks some common … Read more
How is it that we have seen a non-stop construction boom in Vancouver over the past decade-plus and yet we still have huge homelessness and affordable housing problems? This is a question posed and explored by writer Marc Lee in an article on Policy Note. Below is an excerpt from the piece. It varies cyclically but … Read more
How would you like to be a leader of social change? Or know someone that would make a great candidate? Next Up, a leadership program committed to social and environmental justice, is offering that opportunity to young people between the ages of 18 and 32. Applications are now being accepted in B.C. until Sept. 19. … Read more
Here is a great post about the shortcomings of the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) by Kendra Milne. She talks about the lack of enforcement of the RTB when it comes to legal disputes between tenants and landlords. Have a look below. Safe and secure housing is a … Read more