Tara Mahoney nails it: "When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, & extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfolding around them." ricochet.media/media/canada... @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

Canada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why?

When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, and extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfo...

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Tara Mahoney makes the same point very eloquently in this oped, with a particular focus on the responsibility of our public broadcaster: ricochet.media/media/canada... @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

Canada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why?

When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, and extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis unfo...

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Iglika Ivanova@iglikaivanova.bsky.social · 5d ago

Every article about wildfires and wildfire smoke needs to explicitly connect these climate disasters to burning fossil fuels. If we want to breathe clean air and not have our neighbours' homes destroyed by wildfires, we need to stop using public money to subsidize fossil fuel projects. #bcpoli

Every article about wildfires and wildfire smoke needs to explicitly connect these climate disasters to burning fossil fuels. If we want to breathe clean air and not have our neighbours' homes destroyed by wildfires, we need to stop using public money to subsidize fossil fuel projects. #bcpoli

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 5d ago

Air quality warning issued for Metro Vancouver as wildfire smoke worsens vancouversun.com/news/air-qua...

“The research also found that, while rental housing supply has grown across Canada in recent years, the benefits have not trickled down to those in most need. Rather, the new housing supply has been added to the higher end of the rental market.”

Rising cost of low-end rental units driving increase in homelessness, report shows

Findings challenge assumption that other factors, such as mental health or substance use, are the reason rates have surged in Canada

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Every article about wildfires and wildfire smoke needs to explicitly connect these climate disasters to burning fossil fuels. If we want to breathe clean air and not have our neighbours' homes destroyed by wildfires, we need to stop using public money to subsidize fossil fuel projects. #bcpoli

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 5d ago

Air quality warning issued for Metro Vancouver as wildfire smoke worsens vancouversun.com/news/air-qua...

Applications for the 2026/2027 Accessibility Projects Grants open today, Wednesday August 5th! Read our full announcement and press release: disabilityalliancebc.org/accessibilit... #Accessibility #AccessibilityProjectsGrants #BritishColumbia

Accessibility Projects Grants - Disability Alliance BC

Accessibility Projects Grants 2026/2027 Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility for People with Disabilities Applications now open! Background As part of the Province’s goal to improve accessibility for...

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Giving billionaires more influence? No thank you. People think we’re being dramatic when we say billionaires are destroying democracies But here’s Canada’s richest tech bro-ligarch saying poor people shouldn’t be able to vote and rich people's votes should count multiple times:

Today, Maytree released the 2025 edition of their annual Welfare in Canada report. A staggering 98% of example households on welfare were living in poverty in 2025, with fully 72% of those in “deep poverty,” trying to survive on incomes below 75% of the poverty line. maytree.com/changing-sys...

Welfare in Canada

This annual report examines the total incomes of people relying on social assistance, including tax credits and other benefits.

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This new report is a must read for all who care about our public colleges & universities: Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization) bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda... @bcpolicy.bsky.social @verosioufi.bsky.social #bcpoli

Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization)

British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. This report captures a critical moment in time for BC’s public post-secondary education sector....

bcpolicy.ca

BREAKING: New polling released today shows that two in three Canadians support a tax on oil & gas companies’ excess profits. We’re not surprised. It’s outrageous that wealthy fossil fuel execs are making record profits while people across the country struggle with soaring energy prices & inflation.

BREAKING: As people in Canada struggle with gas prices and the cost of living, over 60 unions, civil society organizations, Indigenous and faith groups have signed an open letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social calling for an excess profits tax on oil & gas companies. Read the letter: 350.org/ept/

Tax the Excess Profits of Oil and Gas Companies

Over 60 unions civil society organizations, backed by 66 % of Canadians, signed a joint letter calling on the Canadian Federal Government to deliver an Excess Profits Tax on the Oil and Gas Industry.

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BC’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. @verosioufi.bsky.social captures a critical moment in time for the sector. She traces the historical throughlines and outlines a path forward where PSE = public infrastructure. bcpolicy.ca/post-secondary

Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization)

British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. This report captures a critical moment in time for BC’s public post-secondary education sector....

bcpolicy.ca

This new report is a must read for all who care about our public colleges & universities: Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization) bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda... @bcpolicy.bsky.social @verosioufi.bsky.social #bcpoli

Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization)

British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. This report captures a critical moment in time for BC’s public post-secondary education sector....

bcpolicy.ca

Did you know more than 775,000 people in BC earn less than it costs to live in their community? This is what our new report co-published with Living Wage BC finds. We call on all levels of government to step up and address the affordability crisis. @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2026/05/28/w...

Not making enough to live: a third of workers in British Columbia don’t earn a living wage

New Statistics Canada data show a growing gap between wages and the cost of living, with one third of workers in British Columbia—more than 775,000 people—earning less than the living wage in their co...

bcpolicy.ca

📣 #TONIGHT: Join The Tyee and @rachelgilmore.bsky.social for “Reality Check LIVE” as we explore how misinformation spreads and what it takes to report on online radicalization in Canada today. Also ft. @jenstden.bsky.social, @harrisonmooney.bsky.social, @vancolour.bsky.social! 🔥 Tickets here. 👇🏽

Reality Check LIVE

The Tyee and Rachel Gilmore bring dispatches from the world of misinformation and extremism investigations.

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📣 BC Policy Solutions is hiring! We are looking for a skilled communicator who is passionate about making complex policy ideas accessible to the public. More info at bcpolicy.ca/jobs/ Deadline to apply: May 28. @bcpolicy.bsky.social #jobs

📣 BC Policy Solutions is hiring! We are looking for a skilled communicator who is passionate about making complex policy ideas accessible to the public. More info at bcpolicy.ca/jobs/ Deadline to apply: May 28. @bcpolicy.bsky.social #jobs

“Science has been telling us for a long time that ‘one more lane’ will not solve our transport issues,” says Gewessler. “If you build public transport infrastructure, you get public transport. If you build road infrastructure, you get drivers and traffic jams.”

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An inconvenient truth from @giuliomattioli.bsky.social: “To make car use reliable & convenient, we made the use of other modes less reliable & convenient, for example by giving cars priority over the use of street space. Moving in the other direction would require taking some of that space away.”

It's a system rotten with wage theft, overwork, workplace dangers and lack of basic respect. And South Asian farmworker women face added dangers from sexual harassment, racial discrimination and precarity. Things have to change, and this report sets out why. #BCLab

BC Policy Solutions@bcpolicy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Lack of potable water, acute physical injuries, unsafe machinery and retaliation for voicing safety concerns are some of the health and safety risks faced by South Asian farmworker women in BC. Weak enforcement & deceptive employer practices intensify these issues. Report.

Don’t buy Big Oil’s lies 💸 The only way Canadians will benefit from the oil price shock is if we tax the fossil fuel industry’s excess profits and use those billions to help everyday people. #cdnpoli #canada #gasprices

oh for the love of god, the principle of this government, "our programs are universal, therefore they are inclusive. Anyone can invest in the sovereign wealth fund; ergo, it is inclusive." I am dying.

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund captures resource rents to build a diverse and stable economy that increases wealth for present and future generations. The "Canada Strong Fund" works the other way around. Capture citizen wealth to increase dependence on resource projects. rabble.ca/economy/stap...

The Staple Theory at 50: The staple theory and the carbon trap

As part of our continuing special series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Mel Watkins' classic article, "A Staple Theory of Economic Development," we present here an innovative a...

rabble.ca

Our racial equity researcher Véronique Sioufi, PhD facilitates a book launch for Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry and panel discussion on research and organizing along the digital value chain. April 30 6–8pm; SFU Downtown HC 7000. Register now:

Ever wonder about the difference in tax bills between an average Canadian and the ultra-wealthy? Us too: bit.ly/C4TFKshaped Spoiler alert: tax time, like the rest of the year, isn’t fair.

A tale of two tax seasons

KO'd by the economy Canada's economy has become what economists call "K-shaped” — those at the top grow wealth at record levels while those in the middle and below fall further behind.

bit.ly

When he welcomes participants into Douglas College’s Reboot Plus program for 17-to-24-year-olds without a high school diploma or career path, all Peter Wilkins wants to know is: what do these young people want to be when they grow up? 📝 #bced

No High School Diploma or Career Path? No Problem | The Tyee

How a Douglas College program ‘reboots’ students by helping them map paths to their dream jobs.

thetyee.ca

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Are you a Canadian undergrad or grad student writing on economics/political economy/economic policy? Do you take a critical approach to unconstrained markets? Would you like to win $1000? If so, consider entering the PEF student essay contest: www.progressive-economics.ca/pef-student-...

Kudos to @thenarwhal.ca on the launch of this series. Promises ot be super-informative. The full series page is here: thenarwhal.ca/series/who-p...

Who Pays? | A series from The Narwhal

A series about how Canada’s economy intersects with its environment

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The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 4mo ago

The Narwhal is launching a cross-newsroom series today on the costs of climate change, and who is and isn’t covering their fair share. It’s called Who Pays?, and the first story is about the toll on human health: thenarwhal.ca/climate-chan...

You would be forgiven for thinking that British Columba’s Ministry of Forests is really the Ministry of Logging, writes Ben Parfitt. #bcpoli 🪵

BC Must Stop Blaming First Nations for Old-Growth Logging | The Tyee

Instead of subsidizing logging, the province should follow experts’ advice and pay nations to conserve forests.

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Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters. Instead of capturing windfall profits for the public good, Ottawa is bankrolling fossil fuel companies and starving services needed during the #climatecrisis. New from @silasxuereb.bsky.social: ricochet.media/politics/car... #cdnpoli @c4tf.bsky.social

Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters

Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters and will generate more windfall profits for oil companies amidst a rising affordability crisis.

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