@bcpolicy.bsky.social
bcpolicy.ca | We’re a progressive public policy research institute. We look at issues facing British Columbia and propose bold and achievable policy solutions that centre social, economic, environmental and racial justice. Join us!
Forests Frayed to Forests Renewed: The Case for Rezoning BC’s Public Lands.
Ben Parfitt makes the case on April 16, 5:00pm at a @uvic.ca presentation. Learn from four decades’ experience of this award-winning journalist and policy analyst.
More information and tickets.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
Learn how Ontario has built a more robust not-for-profit primary care sector in our 2nd health care webinar.
Community Health Centres are hubs that combine medical care with prevention-oriented and community-based social supports. Watch now and sign up for the series!
75% of Canadians are worried about climate change — but we all assume our neighbours aren't. The result? A "spiral of silence" that makes a worried majority feel alone.
Time to break it. 🌶️
#ClimateChange #cdnpoli #BCpoli
https://www.rfr.bz/b28724d
If you missed our second primary health care webinar, Learning from Ontario’s success: creating a thriving not-for-profit primary care sector, the recording is now available.
Have a watch and sign up for the next session on March 25 or for the full series!
bcpolicy.ca/primary-care...
BC’s land use policies are outdated and rezoning public lands could mean conserving at-risk primary forests, restoring lands and supporting jobs, award-winning journalist & policy analyst Ben Parfitt will explain on April 16, 5:00 pm at @uvic.ca.
More information & tickets.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
$10aDay child care is at risk. Without proper funding, families face rising fees and longer waitlists.
Tell PM Carney to keep the promise: childcarenow.ca/letter
#KeepTheChildCarePromise
In an hour, session 2 of our primary care webinar series: Learning from Ontario’s success—creating a thriving not-for-profit primary care sector.
Learn how Ontario has built a robust not-for-profit primary care sector that meets community needs.
TODAY noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/primary-...
Not-for-profit primary care centres can partner with housing providers, social service groups and local governments to deliver care a community needs with multi-service hubs.
Learn more at the 2nd session of our webinar series TODAY @ noon PT.
Join us! Register
bcpolicy.ca/primary-care/
A team-based approach is diverse and better equipped to meet health care needs than a doctor working alone.
Learn more, including examples from Ontario, in the next session of our primary care webinar series TOMORROW at noon PT.
March 4: Information and Registration.
bcpolicy.ca/primary-...
Canadian gvt gets a reality check from visiting EU officials www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/02/n...
02.03.2026 18:14 — 👍 58 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 8
In our 2nd primary care webinar TOMORROW learn how infrastructure and funding can increase opportunities for not-for-profit primary care organizations to coordinate and integrate primary and social care services in their local community.
Join us! Register.
March 4 Noon PT.
Ontario Community Health Centres are local hubs that combine medical care with prevention-oriented, community-based social supports with multiple services in one place.
Tomorrow learn how primary & social care services can be coordinated and integrated.
March 4 Noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/primary-care/
BC’s minimum wage will increase to $18.25/hour on June 1 but Living Wage BC and BC Policy Solutions says it falls short of a living wage across the province.
They call on the province to raise the minimum wage to $20 per hour to help narrow the gap.
The group Contract Worker Justice has been sounding the alarm about poor working conditions at @sfu.ca and heavy-handed management since COVID19 started in 2020.
Metro Vancouver's living wage is $27.85 says BC Society for Policy Solutions, but not all workers earn it.
Canadian practitioners and communities are already building successful primary health care models.
Learn how Ontario is creating a thriving not-for-profit primary care sector in session 2 of our webinar series.
Join us for this session, Mar 4 noon PT, or the remaining 3.
bcpolicy.ca/primary-...
In a cost of living crisis, families are depending on the federal govt. to follow through with their promise on $10aDay child care. Yet, without federal investment, families risk higher fees and longer waitlists. Urge Prime Minister Carney to keep the child care promise:
childcarenow.ca/letter
Revamping primary care is a solution to family doctor shortages and long wait times.
And not-for-profit models mean health centres can coordinate services, not compete against each other.
Join our primary care webinar series to learn more! Next session Wed noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/primary-care/
.#BCBudget2026 doesn't adequately address mounting pressures on public services, an unrelenting affordability crisis and significant economic uncertainty say Iglika Ivanova, Véronique Sioufi, Sven Biggs in our budget analysis.
Read and watch!
If budgets are about priorities, let’s see if solving the #housingCrisis was a priority for #BCBudget2026. Policy analyst @verosioufi.bsky.social explains.
27.02.2026 19:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
IN AN HOUR 6:30 pm PT: proposed health care budget cuts could especially affect under-served areas.
A BC Health Coalition webinar: senior economist Iglika Ivanova, a paramedic, northern deputy mayor—what budget cuts could mean for access to care. us02web.zoom.us/webi...
"This is Europe’s new reality: under water in winter, withered in summer. Yet even as the weather extremes worsen, the voices of denial have grown louder and more influential."
Check out the photos in this piece.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Listen Now ON OUR POD: Economist Alex Hemingway talks about the report, The New Robber Barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada. @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @silasxuereb.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social #canPoli #BCpoli tiny.cc/k1jz001
26.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
6:30 pm TODAY: #BCBudget2026 health care cuts will be especially felt in under-served communities.
Senior economist Iglika Ivanova joins a BC Health Coalition webinar on what proposed budget cuts could mean for emergency services and access to care.
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Tomorrow 6:30 pm PT: Health care budget cuts will be felt in rural, underserved communities.
A BC Health Coalition webinar: senior economist Iglika Ivanova, a paramedic, northern deputy mayor on possible consequences for access to care. #BCBudget
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
More Canadian children are living in poverty, including nearly half of children on reserve: campaign2000.ca/new-release-...
25.02.2026 11:37 — 👍 5 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 2
Today is Pink Shirt Day. Bullying doesn't stop at the school gates; it's more likely where power is concentrated, and accountability is weak. The same conditions that make schools and communities less safe for kids make workplaces less safe for adults. 💗
Choose kindness. #PinkShirtDay
Investing in the public sector can grow the economy to benefit all and is critical to private sector growth senior economist Iglika Ivanova told the @LeftEasttoWest podcast.
And increasing revenue—not focusing on the deficit—makes life more affordable.
Tomorrow 6:30 pm PT hear how #BCBudget2026 especially affects health care in rural and northern communities.
Senior economist Iglika Ivanova joins a BC Health Coalition webinar to outline what cuts could mean for emergency services & local economies.
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Do you want to make sense of #BCBudget2026?
Learn about: more than the #s; context; comprehensive analysis of:
The debt
Spending cuts
Climate (in)action
Hear from Iglika Ivanova, Véronique Sioufi, Sven Biggs in our full budget analysis.
bcpolicy.ca/budget2026
🚨NEW REPORT:
Our new report, along with our friends at BC Policy Solutions, estimates wealth concentration in Canada from 1999-2023. We find that the share of wealth owned by the top 1% increased from 19.3% to 22.7% over this period.
www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
