Iglika Ivanova
@iglikaivanova.bsky.social
Co-Executive Director @bcpolicy.bsky.social, previously senior economist @ccpabc (bc office now closed). Co-Director, Understanding Precarity in BC Project. Mom. Working towards a more inclusive & sustainable economy. Opinions are my own.
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Iglika Ivanova
@iglikaivanova.bsky.social
· Nov 13
BC Living Wage 2025
The living wage for Metro Vancouver is now $10 higher than the minimum wage. The highest expense in people's budget is...
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Rising costs have pushed Metro Vancouver's living wage to $27.85/hr.
Across BC, living wages range from $21.55 in Grand Forks to $29.60 in Whistler.
We can no longer ignore the widening gap between the low wages many people earn & the actual costs of living. #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage/
Across BC, living wages range from $21.55 in Grand Forks to $29.60 in Whistler.
We can no longer ignore the widening gap between the low wages many people earn & the actual costs of living. #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage/
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Warnings from Australia:
“Investing more in private hospitals rather than public hospitals will increase public hospital waiting lists because there is a fixed number of doctors at any one time.”
theconversation.com/private-hosp...
“Investing more in private hospitals rather than public hospitals will increase public hospital waiting lists because there is a fixed number of doctors at any one time.”
theconversation.com/private-hosp...
Private hospitals are in trouble. Here’s what this means for public hospitals – and taxpayer dollars
Private hospitals perform around 70% of elective surgery in Australia. But many are in financial trouble.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Warnings from Australia:
“Investing more in private hospitals rather than public hospitals will increase public hospital waiting lists because there is a fixed number of doctors at any one time.”
theconversation.com/private-hosp...
“Investing more in private hospitals rather than public hospitals will increase public hospital waiting lists because there is a fixed number of doctors at any one time.”
theconversation.com/private-hosp...
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NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
ig.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
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“It boils down to: people are still dying in huge numbers. Whatever was being done wasn’t enough. Calculations from the province say a fraction of people who could benefit from these programs are able to access them.”
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2025-12-09 · 28m
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December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“It boils down to: people are still dying in huge numbers. Whatever was being done wasn’t enough. Calculations from the province say a fraction of people who could benefit from these programs are able to access them.”
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
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Very cool job opportunity, with the very cool @hscoffield.bsky.social at the newly formed Canadian Tax Observatory.
canadiantaxobservatory.ca/now-hiring-s...
canadiantaxobservatory.ca/now-hiring-s...
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Very cool job opportunity, with the very cool @hscoffield.bsky.social at the newly formed Canadian Tax Observatory.
canadiantaxobservatory.ca/now-hiring-s...
canadiantaxobservatory.ca/now-hiring-s...
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What do living wage rates mean for your community?
Report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social & Anastasia French explain the calculations for 27 BC communities that allow families a decent standard of living.
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT @civicgovernance.bsky.social Register:
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Report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social & Anastasia French explain the calculations for 27 BC communities that allow families a decent standard of living.
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT @civicgovernance.bsky.social Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What do living wage rates mean for your community?
Report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social & Anastasia French explain the calculations for 27 BC communities that allow families a decent standard of living.
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT @civicgovernance.bsky.social Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social & Anastasia French explain the calculations for 27 BC communities that allow families a decent standard of living.
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT @civicgovernance.bsky.social Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
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Hey local electeds! We're looking forward to next week's webinar with @bcpolicy.bsky.social and Living Wage BC.
Have you registered yet? us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Have you registered yet? us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Next Friday—How Municipalities Can Champion Living Wages.
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hey local electeds! We're looking forward to next week's webinar with @bcpolicy.bsky.social and Living Wage BC.
Have you registered yet? us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Have you registered yet? us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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As the @climateunit.bsky.social prepares to end its 5-yr mission this month, I'm super proud of these final resources we've produced for our allies in the climate justice movement:
✅ Our final Legacies & Lessons report
✅ A final 12-min video on the 6 markers of emergency
✅ Special podcast series. 👇
✅ Our final Legacies & Lessons report
✅ A final 12-min video on the 6 markers of emergency
✅ Special podcast series. 👇
On Dec 3, the CEU bid farewell to friends and allies as our five-year project with the David Suzuki Institute came to a close.
We reflected on lessons learned, celebrated the coalitions carrying this work forward & released resources we hope will strengthen climate advocacy for years to come.
We reflected on lessons learned, celebrated the coalitions carrying this work forward & released resources we hope will strengthen climate advocacy for years to come.
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As the @climateunit.bsky.social prepares to end its 5-yr mission this month, I'm super proud of these final resources we've produced for our allies in the climate justice movement:
✅ Our final Legacies & Lessons report
✅ A final 12-min video on the 6 markers of emergency
✅ Special podcast series. 👇
✅ Our final Legacies & Lessons report
✅ A final 12-min video on the 6 markers of emergency
✅ Special podcast series. 👇
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Next Friday—How Municipalities Can Champion Living Wages.
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Next Friday—How Municipalities Can Champion Living Wages.
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Learn from Living Wage authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French what BC living wage calculations—from $21.55 to $29.60/hour—mean for your community. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
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When Bezos changed the Washington Post's editorial board standards to align with “personal liberties and free markets,” he meant his own liberty to become even richer and more powerful, as the rest of America slides into worse economic insecurity and fear.
The Washington Post editorial board railed against a wealth tax without noting its owner, Jeff Bezos, stands to benefit more from its tax policy prescriptions than nearly anyone else on the planet.
Read the full article about how the Post serves Bezos's interests: zeteo.com/p/washington...
Read the full article about how the Post serves Bezos's interests: zeteo.com/p/washington...
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When Bezos changed the Washington Post's editorial board standards to align with “personal liberties and free markets,” he meant his own liberty to become even richer and more powerful, as the rest of America slides into worse economic insecurity and fear.
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The word 'retrofit' is insufficient to explain the programs Vancouver's ABC party is cutting, said planning Holly Caggiano, a professor at UBC. "It kind of makes it sound like this is a luxury, but cooling and living in a safe home is a human right." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Vancouver cuts to housing retrofits will be 'responsible for lost lives'
Funding for the city's existing buildings retrofit program was nixed in a last-minute amendment brought forward by ABC Councillor Lenny Zhou to Mayor Ken Sim's controversial 2026 budget.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The word 'retrofit' is insufficient to explain the programs Vancouver's ABC party is cutting, said planning Holly Caggiano, a professor at UBC. "It kind of makes it sound like this is a luxury, but cooling and living in a safe home is a human right." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Stoked to be speaking at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy regional forum in Vancouver this evening. Join us! We'll be talking about worker’s ability to influence decision-making at work: why it matters & how we can strengthen it. #bcpoli #canlab www.cirhr.utoronto.ca/events/nawd-...
National Assembly on Workplace Democracy Regional Forum - University of British Columbia
Register Now for an event dedicated to advancing workplace democracy, amplifying workers’ voices, and fostering a national dialogue on practices and institutions that promote greater employee particip...
www.cirhr.utoronto.ca
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Stoked to be speaking at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy regional forum in Vancouver this evening. Join us! We'll be talking about worker’s ability to influence decision-making at work: why it matters & how we can strengthen it. #bcpoli #canlab www.cirhr.utoronto.ca/events/nawd-...
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The future is non-profit driven, primarily because of demographics.
Is the future bankrupt?
Sherlyn Assam takes a deep dive into the chronic underfunding of the sector we literally all depend on at some point in our lives.
thephilanthropist.ca/2025/12/fede...
Is the future bankrupt?
Sherlyn Assam takes a deep dive into the chronic underfunding of the sector we literally all depend on at some point in our lives.
thephilanthropist.ca/2025/12/fede...
Federal budget spends more on capital investment and less on non-profit sector – so far - The Philanthropist Journal
While Budget 2025 does not include a strategy to systemically support programs and services that non-profits and charities provide – or the Canadians working at these organizations – “it could have be...
thephilanthropist.ca
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The future is non-profit driven, primarily because of demographics.
Is the future bankrupt?
Sherlyn Assam takes a deep dive into the chronic underfunding of the sector we literally all depend on at some point in our lives.
thephilanthropist.ca/2025/12/fede...
Is the future bankrupt?
Sherlyn Assam takes a deep dive into the chronic underfunding of the sector we literally all depend on at some point in our lives.
thephilanthropist.ca/2025/12/fede...
I look forward to speaking at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy regional forum in Vancouver on Wednesday evening. Join us to find out more about the Assembly's important work & their recommendations to strengthen workers' voice in Canada. www.workplacedemocracyproject.ca/regional-for...
Regional Forums
In anticipation of the final report’s release, regional forums will be held across Canada this fall in collaboration with academic institutions, industry partners, and key stakeholders to unpack...
www.workplacedemocracyproject.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I look forward to speaking at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy regional forum in Vancouver on Wednesday evening. Join us to find out more about the Assembly's important work & their recommendations to strengthen workers' voice in Canada. www.workplacedemocracyproject.ca/regional-for...
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ICYMI - This evening @ 6 PM, BC Housing and Land Value Tax Panel & Meetup.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts on the benefits of a land value tax. @sfu.ca Burnaby.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts on the benefits of a land value tax. @sfu.ca Burnaby.
BC Housing & Land Value Tax Panel 2025 — Common Wealth Canada
Meet housing and LVT advocates in Vancouver and Victoria, November 2025
www.commonwealth.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ICYMI - This evening @ 6 PM, BC Housing and Land Value Tax Panel & Meetup.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts on the benefits of a land value tax. @sfu.ca Burnaby.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts on the benefits of a land value tax. @sfu.ca Burnaby.
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Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
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New opinion piece in the @vancouversun.bsky.social: A turn to austerity will cost Vancouver dearly. vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: Vancouver goes small: The city risks big new problems with its proposed turn to austerity
Austerity budgets save some money in the short term, but have long-term costs, both financial and otherwise
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
New opinion piece in the @vancouversun.bsky.social: A turn to austerity will cost Vancouver dearly. vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
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“Better than duct tape, more versatile than WD-40 — it’s the notwithstanding clause, the all-purpose tool that wipes away every provincial stain, from labour disputes to human rights.”
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
Please Advise! Can Smith and Carney Push a Pipeline Through BC? | The Tyee
On this one, says Dr. Steve, the notwithstanding clause won’t be a magic wand.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Better than duct tape, more versatile than WD-40 — it’s the notwithstanding clause, the all-purpose tool that wipes away every provincial stain, from labour disputes to human rights.”
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
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The 2025 BC Living Wage Report is out and it reveals a stark reality: across the province, living wages range from $21.55 to $29.60 per hour, much higher than the minimum wage.
Join us on Dec 12 to unpack what changed, why it matters, and what municipalities can do. 🧵
Register: tr.ee/jEx13W
Join us on Dec 12 to unpack what changed, why it matters, and what municipalities can do. 🧵
Register: tr.ee/jEx13W
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The 2025 BC Living Wage Report is out and it reveals a stark reality: across the province, living wages range from $21.55 to $29.60 per hour, much higher than the minimum wage.
Join us on Dec 12 to unpack what changed, why it matters, and what municipalities can do. 🧵
Register: tr.ee/jEx13W
Join us on Dec 12 to unpack what changed, why it matters, and what municipalities can do. 🧵
Register: tr.ee/jEx13W
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Land value comes from from the community through public investments, services and growth and a land value tax ensures publicly created wealth goes to the community for a fairer economy.
Hear from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts. Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
www.commonwealth.ca/....
Hear from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts. Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
www.commonwealth.ca/....
BC Housing & Land Value Tax Panel 2025 — Common Wealth Canada
Meet housing and LVT advocates in Vancouver and Victoria, November 2025
www.commonwealth.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Land value comes from from the community through public investments, services and growth and a land value tax ensures publicly created wealth goes to the community for a fairer economy.
Hear from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts. Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
www.commonwealth.ca/....
Hear from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts. Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
www.commonwealth.ca/....
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Low-wage workers face impossible choices: buy groceries or heat the home, pay bills or the rent.
The 2025 Living Wage report calculates rates for 27 BC communities & finds an affordability crisis province-wide write authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
The 2025 Living Wage report calculates rates for 27 BC communities & finds an affordability crisis province-wide write authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
Opinion: B.C.’s low-wage workers can’t be forgotten despite economic headwinds
There is now a staggering $10-per-hour gap between B.C.’s minimum wage and the living wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Low-wage workers face impossible choices: buy groceries or heat the home, pay bills or the rent.
The 2025 Living Wage report calculates rates for 27 BC communities & finds an affordability crisis province-wide write authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
The 2025 Living Wage report calculates rates for 27 BC communities & finds an affordability crisis province-wide write authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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While governments grapple with intensifying trade tensions, the daily struggles of over 700K low-wage British Columbians—whose paycheques don’t cover the cost of living— often go unnoticed write report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: B.C.’s low-wage workers can’t be forgotten despite economic headwinds
There is now a staggering $10-per-hour gap between B.C.’s minimum wage and the living wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
While governments grapple with intensifying trade tensions, the daily struggles of over 700K low-wage British Columbians—whose paycheques don’t cover the cost of living— often go unnoticed write report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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ICYMI, senior economist & Living Wage 2025 report co-author @iglikaivanova.bsky.social spoke with CBC BC Today, on the 2025 Living Wage report. The rates in 27 BC communities exceed the minimum wage.
Learn more at a webinar on Wed with Iglika and co-author Anastasia French.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
Learn more at a webinar on Wed with Iglika and co-author Anastasia French.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ICYMI, senior economist & Living Wage 2025 report co-author @iglikaivanova.bsky.social spoke with CBC BC Today, on the 2025 Living Wage report. The rates in 27 BC communities exceed the minimum wage.
Learn more at a webinar on Wed with Iglika and co-author Anastasia French.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
Learn more at a webinar on Wed with Iglika and co-author Anastasia French.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...