Want to see what government programs are actually worth to working families? Our 2025 Living Wage Report breaks down how each program affects what workers need to earn to make ends meet in Metro Vancouver.

Read our report: bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
#LivingWage #SocialPrograms #bcpoli

If you want to learn more about the living wage and how we can close the big gap between the BC minimum wage & living wages across the province, join me and Anastasia French (Living Wage BC) for a free webinar next Wednesday, Nov 19.

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#LivingWage #bcpoli

New 2025 living wage calculations are out for 27 communities in BC. Check what the living wage is where you live at bcpolicy.ca/living-wage/...

Thanks to @wildebeest.design for the map & for making our report and factsheets look great.

I'm really looking forward to this free webinar on AI, civil liberties and jobs tomorrow, 12pm PT. @verosioufi.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Getting ready for the BC Policy Solutions launch party this evening. @bcpolicy.bsky.social

Looking forward to this webinar on housing later today. Tune in to find out what key policy reforms will move the dial on hosing and if recent policy announcements are hitting the mark.

12 noon PT zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social

Want to know what's needed to make real progress on housing policy? Join us for a noon webinar with Alex Hemingway (senior economist, BC Policy Solutions) & Sarah Ellis (ED, Squamish Community Housing Society, former city planner).

Oct 1, noon PT.
Register at bcpolicy.ca/events/

Thrilled to be in a packed room for the relaunch of the campaign for #10aday child care in BC. Can't think of a better investment we can make as a province than the investment in quality, affordable, public early education & child care. Time for the BC government to step up the efforts.

Come work with me!

The BC Society for Policy Solutions is looking for an Operations Manager.

It's a great opportunity for someone with non-profit or purpose-driven start-up experience. Learn more: bcpolicy.ca/jobs/

Please pass along to your networks!

I get to spend the day in Prince George, strategizing with local academic and community leaders about tackling precarity in Northern BC. Thanks to UNBC & the Understanding Precarity in BC project for making this possible. I look forward to the conversations!

Vancouverites, don't forget to vote in the municipal by-election today! Check your neighborhood groups/chats for tips on where the lines are shorter. We voted at Thunderbird Community Center with virtually no line up mid-day.

Thanks to Marion Pollack @marionp1.bsky.social & 411 Seniors Centre for getting us talking about the unintended interactions between OAS/GIS & BC programs for low-income seniors & who takes the hit.

Now looking to next week's BC Budget to better support low-income seniors (& all low-income BCers).

Looking forward to joining my colleagues @1alexhemingway.bsky.social, @verosioufi.bsky.social & our special guest @emikonewman.bsky.social from @climateunit.bsky.social for a breakdown and analysis of the 2025 BC budget.

March 6 at 4:30pm PST.

bit.ly/bc-budget | Please spread the word!