Are we too reliant on our neighbours to the south? Let’s use fossil fuel companies as an example. 1/
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Can't wait to hear @doctorow.pluralistic.net speak at @bcpolicy.bsky.social Vancouver gala in November! Still early bird ticket available: bcpolicy.ca/gala/
2026 Fundraisng Gala with keynote speaker Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow will be the keynote speaker at BC Policy Solutions fundraising Gala in Vancouver on November 12, 2026. Get your tickets today!
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · last wk.Is there hope for breaking up giant monopolies? Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net, author of “The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI,” thinks we’re well positioned to take on these companies. New podcast out now!
“Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America www.democracynow.org/2026/7/27/fi...
“Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America
France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spai...
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ICYMI — @theglobeandmail.com cited our research in their latest editorial piece on heat protections for workers. They highlight the call for clear “trigger temperatures” that delineate when heat-related requirements must kick in. Read the article: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Future of Good’s Abigail Turner spoke to BCpolicy’s Alex Hemingway for this piece. Read it at:
Should B.C.’s condo buyout be an opportunity to grow housing through non-profits? – Future of Good
The federal and B.C. governments plan to buy thousands of unsold condos to expand homeownership, but some housing advocates say the units would have a greater long-term impact if they were transferred to non-profit providers.
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Exciting! I'll be there 👇
BC Policy Solutions@bcpolicy.bsky.social · 2w ago👀 Early bird tickets are now available! (While supplies last) Come join us on November 12 and enjoy a nice dinner among friends and a timely keynote presentation by author, journalist, activist and New York Times-bestselling science fiction writer Cory Doctorow! bcpolicy.ca/gala
🌡️ @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy covered Susanna Klassen and Anelyse Weiler’s report on heat protections. Key takeaway: BC’s heat exposure regulations have not kept pace with extreme heat. The last time regulations were updated was 2005—that’s not a typo. Regulations are 20+ years behind.
How hot is too hot to work? Report calls for heat protections for B.C. workers | Globalnews.ca
Researchers with BC Policy Solutions say B.C.'s heat exposure regulations have not kept pace with increasingly frequent extreme heat.
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A limited number of early bird tickets are available now!
BC Policy Solutions@bcpolicy.bsky.social · 2w ago👀 Early bird tickets are now available! (While supplies last) Come join us on November 12 and enjoy a nice dinner among friends and a timely keynote presentation by author, journalist, activist and New York Times-bestselling science fiction writer Cory Doctorow! bcpolicy.ca/gala
👀 Early bird tickets are now available! (While supplies last) Come join us on November 12 and enjoy a nice dinner among friends and a timely keynote presentation by author, journalist, activist and New York Times-bestselling science fiction writer Cory Doctorow! bcpolicy.ca/gala
Very excited to have Cory join us for our inaugural gala this fall! At a time when the dependence on technologies like AI is growing at an alarming rate, I can't think of a better person to help us dig into what's at stake and what we can do differently.
BC Policy Solutions@bcpolicy.bsky.social · 3w ago🚨Pssst... we’ve got some exciting news to share! We’re happy to announce that science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow will be the keynote speaker for our inaugural fundraising Gala on November 12! 🗓️ We hope you’ll join us.
🚨Pssst... we’ve got some exciting news to share! We’re happy to announce that science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow will be the keynote speaker for our inaugural fundraising Gala on November 12! 🗓️ We hope you’ll join us.
“A lot of my work as a policy researcher relates to taxing wealth and cracking down on corporate power. But that’s really not the story of what’s happening in our housing market.”—BC Policy Solutions @1alexhemingway.bsky.social for the Vancouver Sun. Read it here 👇 vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
New data reveals scope of big-money investors in B.C. rental home market
The new data makes it 'really hard to support the claim that large institutional investors are somehow dominating the market' — Tsur Somerville, professor at the Sauder School of Business at UBC
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A snapshot of inequality in our province. We are living through an affordability crisis, and despite the recent minimum wage increase of 40¢/hr, one-third of BC workers don’t make enough to live. (1/3) 🧵
When fossil fuel corporations make a killing due to wars like the one in Iran, should these excess profits be captured for the public good? 🛢️🛢️🛢️ (1/3) 🧵
Looking for a good listen this Friday afternoon? This dialogue traces the links between policy decisions and their effects on migrants’ lived realities—and challenges the harmful, racist narratives that often surround this topic. Hear from: 👇
🏫 How did BC’s public post-secondary education end up in the midst of a massive funding crisis? 🤔 🧵 👇 (1/4)
“If BC fails to optimize existing investments in primary care and increase timely access to quality team-based care for those most at risk of ill health, the overall costs of health care in BC will continue to accelerate while quality, equity and access will continue to decline.”—Marcy Cohen.
Given its legal importance, the controversies that have arisen in response to the Cowichan and Gitxaala court decisions and the BC gov’s threat to suspend DRIPA, this is a critical time to understand how we got here, what’s on the line and how we can defend Indigenous rights and title. (1/2) 🧵
Budgets are about priorities, so we put progressive priorities on the record. Last month, our co-executive director, Iglika Ivanova prepared a written submission for BC’s 2027 budget consultation. (1/2) 🧵
Opinion: Why doesn't BC have a trigger temperature to protect workers from extreme heat? Susanna Klassen & Anelyse Weiler write about their new report with @bcpolicy.bsky.social, calling on WorkSafeBC to update its extreme heat protections vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: Why doesn't B.C. have a trigger temperature to protect workers from extreme heat?
Opinion: Workers are feeling the heat, but WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005.
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this is an absolute outrage, incidentally. WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005. 2005. 2005. @bcfed.bsky.social @bcgeu.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social
BC Policy Solutions@bcpolicy.bsky.social · last mo.WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005, and it’s not clear to employers when they're required to start adopting cooling measures—said Susanna Klassen and Anelyse Weiler. Read their op-ed in the Vancouver Sun:
Five years after BC’s heat dome, WorkSafeBC’s heat protection regulations for workers have yet to be updated—in fact, they haven’t been updated since 2005! But this year, this might change. Report author Prof. Anelyse Weiler spoke to Global News last week about... (1/2)
School might be out for the summer, but post-secondary schools in BC can't catch a break. Colleges and universities are struggling financially after the dramatic federal gov cuts to the number of international students’ study permits (whose tuition can be x5 the cost of domestic tuition). 🧵 (1/2)
🚙 Uber Drivers in Victoria successfully bargained a collective agreement. They are the first app-based workers in Canada to do so. BC Policy researcher Véronique Sioufi spoke to PressProgress about this milestone win for labour rights in Canada. Read the analysis here:
Uber Drivers in Victoria Successfully Bargained a Collective Agreement, and Here’s What They Got
Labour experts say the union's contract reins in Uber's 'largely unfettered authority to do whatever it wants'
pressprogress.ca
The New York Times wrote about Vancouver’s housing crisis and the city’s Senakw housing development. Our Alex Hemingway was quoted in the piece. Read it here: www.nytimes.com/2026...
📺 Anelyse Weiler spoke to CTV News about her latest report, Protecting workers in a warming climate: Recommendations for WorkSafeBC" (co-authored with Susanna Klassen and co-published with Worker Solidarity Network Solidarity Network). Watch:
Victorians to walk in honour of hundreds who died in B.C. heat dome
Five years after BC’s deadly heat dome, advocacy groups will push for protective policies during a march in honour of those who died.
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This month, the minimum wage went up by 40¢/hr. But the reality is that this increased minimum wage doesn’t help the third of BC workers earning less than their community’s living wage.
WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005, and it’s not clear to employers when they're required to start adopting cooling measures—said Susanna Klassen and Anelyse Weiler. Read their op-ed in the Vancouver Sun:
Opinion: Why doesn't B.C. have a trigger temperature to protect workers from extreme heat?
Opinion: Workers are feeling the heat, but WorkSafeBC hasn't updated its extreme heat protections since 2005.
vancouversun.com