No matter which party wins, there are some difficult choices coming in the next fiscal year.

As the country recovers from scorching wildfires, our prime minister has introduced a massive new subsidy for the fossil fuel industry. And its middle class Canadians who will end up

YouTube video by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.

What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.

What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.

The provincial election will be set for Oct. 24, a week after the municipal elections.

Some form of rent control has been in place in B.C. for 50 years but the issue is not over — especially elsewhere. Is compromise possible?

What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.

The government of British Columbia is calling an election, just two years into a majority mandate and with an opposition mostly in disarray

The government of British Columbia is calling an election, just two years into a majority mandate and with an opposition mostly in disarray

The government of British Columbia is calling an election, just two years into a majority mandate and with an opposition mostly in disarray

Unpacking the tangled mess of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and Canada, beginning with the latest measures that came into force early September

Unpacking the tangled mess of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and Canada, beginning with the latest measures that came into force early September

A new report finds B.C. parents face some of Canada’s highest and most uneven fees, while access to $10-a-day spaces remains limited.

YouTube video by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

B.C. hinges its economic future on a massive natural gas boom, but experts warn a critical budget oversight and concessions to industry risk wiping out billions in expected public revenues

CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) Director Stuart Trew will bring you inside what Canada’s leading progressive trade experts are thinking about the no-deal with the U.S.—what it mean...

Ottawa and B.C. want to buy up unsold condos and offer them as rent-to-own. Critics say it's less about affordability, more about propping up developers and banks.

Douglas Todd: Politicians and developers trumpeted their devotion to 'inclusionary' rental zoning — now they're backtracking

The latest U.S. tariffs show why waiting may be Canada’s strongest bargaining tool.

The federal government is walking back climate action and fast-tracking fossil fuels in the West. It’s a strategy that won’t age well.

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Understanding the latest Trump trade war play

Understanding the latest Trump trade war play

How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?

How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?

How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?

How much does foreign capital own in the Canadian economy—and how much Canadian capital do we export abroad?

How much does foreign capital own in the Canadian economy—and how much Canadian capital do we export abroad?

How much does foreign capital own in the Canadian economy—and how much Canadian capital do we export abroad?

Podcast Episode · Redeye · February 22 · 16m

This year's budget has over $4 billion in tax increases as well as 15,000 job cuts to public service and a projected $13.3 billion deficit

BC's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves.

Some B.C. budgets have big spending announcements, tax cuts, or bold new directions that inspire excited press releases from different partisans or stakeholders. The 2026 budget wasn't one of them.

"They definitely seemed to manage to piss off everybody," said Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, of Tuesday's B.C. budget.

In an effort to curb a ballooning provincial debt, B.C.’s 2026 budget announced significant changes to the tax system, with increases to income taxes and modifications to sales and property taxes.

BC's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves.