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Is it time to end tipping?
Tip creep and tipflation mean businesses increasingly rely on customers to subsidize low wages, causing income volatility and inequity.
Simon Pek, Bruce McAdams and I explore a bold alternative: replacing tipping with a universal living wage floor. bcpolicy.ca/ban-tips/
Tip creep and tipflation mean businesses increasingly rely on customers to subsidize low wages, causing income volatility and inequity.
Simon Pek, Bruce McAdams and I explore a bold alternative: replacing tipping with a universal living wage floor. bcpolicy.ca/ban-tips/
Is it time to ban tipping in Canada and enact a living wage?
Is it time to end tipping in Canada?
The landscape of tipping in Canada has changed dramatically in recent years. With ‘tip creep’, a growing number and range of businesses prompting customers for ...
bcpolicy.ca
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Is it time to end tipping?
Tip creep and tipflation mean businesses increasingly rely on customers to subsidize low wages, causing income volatility and inequity.
Simon Pek, Bruce McAdams and I explore a bold alternative: replacing tipping with a universal living wage floor. bcpolicy.ca/ban-tips/
Tip creep and tipflation mean businesses increasingly rely on customers to subsidize low wages, causing income volatility and inequity.
Simon Pek, Bruce McAdams and I explore a bold alternative: replacing tipping with a universal living wage floor. bcpolicy.ca/ban-tips/
Tipping can erode working conditions.
It can create competition for those who earn more and conflict between front- and back-of-house workers. The spread of tipping may portend a fundamental shift in who's responsible for workers’ welfare from employers to customers.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
It can create competition for those who earn more and conflict between front- and back-of-house workers. The spread of tipping may portend a fundamental shift in who's responsible for workers’ welfare from employers to customers.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Is It Time to Ban Tipping? | The Tyee
As ‘tipflation’ irks customers, here’s a better deal for workers.
thetyee.ca
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Tipping can erode working conditions.
It can create competition for those who earn more and conflict between front- and back-of-house workers. The spread of tipping may portend a fundamental shift in who's responsible for workers’ welfare from employers to customers.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
It can create competition for those who earn more and conflict between front- and back-of-house workers. The spread of tipping may portend a fundamental shift in who's responsible for workers’ welfare from employers to customers.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Is it time to end tipping in Canada ask Simon Pek, @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and Bruce McAdams.
Tipping and tipflation signal a shift in responsibility for workers’ pay from employers to customers, resulting in income volatility and workplace inequity they write.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Tipping and tipflation signal a shift in responsibility for workers’ pay from employers to customers, resulting in income volatility and workplace inequity they write.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Is It Time to Ban Tipping? | The Tyee
As ‘tipflation’ irks customers, here’s a better deal for workers.
thetyee.ca
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Is it time to end tipping in Canada ask Simon Pek, @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and Bruce McAdams.
Tipping and tipflation signal a shift in responsibility for workers’ pay from employers to customers, resulting in income volatility and workplace inequity they write.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Tipping and tipflation signal a shift in responsibility for workers’ pay from employers to customers, resulting in income volatility and workplace inequity they write.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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A trial beginning this week in B.C. Supreme Court could help clarify the rights of Canadians to protest, the ability of the media to cover those events, and the consequences for police when they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #bcpoli
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #bcpoli
The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP. Stakes Are High for Journalism | The Tyee
The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’
thetyee.ca
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A trial beginning this week in B.C. Supreme Court could help clarify the rights of Canadians to protest, the ability of the media to cover those events, and the consequences for police when they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #bcpoli
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #bcpoli
ICYMI a rise in part-time jobs means economic uncertainty for employers and workers.
“Part-time jobs usually result in lower incomes so income insecurity and financial insecurity are the kind of things that we’d worry about going forward,” said Iglika Ivanova
“Part-time jobs usually result in lower incomes so income insecurity and financial insecurity are the kind of things that we’d worry about going forward,” said Iglika Ivanova
2025 Jobs Numbers Mask Uncertainty, Growing Disparities: Economist | The Tyee
Part-time working is up and more Canadians hold more than one job, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
thetyee.ca
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ICYMI a rise in part-time jobs means economic uncertainty for employers and workers.
“Part-time jobs usually result in lower incomes so income insecurity and financial insecurity are the kind of things that we’d worry about going forward,” said Iglika Ivanova
“Part-time jobs usually result in lower incomes so income insecurity and financial insecurity are the kind of things that we’d worry about going forward,” said Iglika Ivanova
The gap in economic security in Statistics Canada new 2025 jobs numbers is concerning says senior economist Iglika Ivanova
“We should be noticing that employers are hiring, but they’re also feeling uncertain about the future,” she explains.
“We should be noticing that employers are hiring, but they’re also feeling uncertain about the future,” she explains.
2025 Jobs Numbers Mask Uncertainty, Growing Disparities: Economist | The Tyee
Part-time working is up and more Canadians hold more than one job, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
thetyee.ca
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The gap in economic security in Statistics Canada new 2025 jobs numbers is concerning says senior economist Iglika Ivanova
“We should be noticing that employers are hiring, but they’re also feeling uncertain about the future,” she explains.
“We should be noticing that employers are hiring, but they’re also feeling uncertain about the future,” she explains.
Housing and affordability are issues despite a slight rise in employment & compensation isn’t keeping up with affordability says Iglika Ivanova
“The economy performed better than was expected or feared but that doesn’t mean that people are seeing improvements.”
thetyee.ca/News/2026...
“The economy performed better than was expected or feared but that doesn’t mean that people are seeing improvements.”
thetyee.ca/News/2026...
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Housing and affordability are issues despite a slight rise in employment & compensation isn’t keeping up with affordability says Iglika Ivanova
“The economy performed better than was expected or feared but that doesn’t mean that people are seeing improvements.”
thetyee.ca/News/2026...
“The economy performed better than was expected or feared but that doesn’t mean that people are seeing improvements.”
thetyee.ca/News/2026...
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"The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable."
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social writes that reforms target the right levers—non-market housing, more supply and zoning reform—but fall short in scale and implementation. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social writes that reforms target the right levers—non-market housing, more supply and zoning reform—but fall short in scale and implementation. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable.
Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, ...
bcpolicy.ca
January 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable."
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social writes that reforms target the right levers—non-market housing, more supply and zoning reform—but fall short in scale and implementation. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social writes that reforms target the right levers—non-market housing, more supply and zoning reform—but fall short in scale and implementation. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
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🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🔥 The climate emergency hasn't gone away - it's here & now. But our gvts aren't acting with urgency.
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
Our 12-min video on the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency shows what real action looks like.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdK...
And visit: www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/ceu
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Le Billon: "For Alberta and Canada ... the lesson is clear: economic diversification is no longer optional; it’s an urgent necessity. Betting on sustained high oil prices has always been risky; betting on them in a world of messy energy transition is increasingly untenable." tinyurl.com/337tvep7
A regime change in Venezuela could have grim consequences for Canada’s oil sector
Canada and Venezuela compete in the same heavy-oil regional and global markets, so shifts in supply from Canada to Venezuela would widely reverberate across the Canadian economy.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Le Billon: "For Alberta and Canada ... the lesson is clear: economic diversification is no longer optional; it’s an urgent necessity. Betting on sustained high oil prices has always been risky; betting on them in a world of messy energy transition is increasingly untenable." tinyurl.com/337tvep7
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British Columbia’s housing crisis is severe, but its root causes are familiar: exclusionary zoning, under-building, and chronic neglect of nonmarket housing.
Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere.
Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere.
The Housing Crisis Is Solvable
British Columbia’s housing crisis is severe, but its root causes are familiar: exclusionary zoning, under-building, and chronic neglect of nonmarket housing. Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere.
jacobin.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
British Columbia’s housing crisis is severe, but its root causes are familiar: exclusionary zoning, under-building, and chronic neglect of nonmarket housing.
Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere.
Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This is your last chance to make a tax-deductible donation in 2025 and your gift will be matched dollar for dollar!
If you have already given, THANK YOU!
We are incredibly grateful for your support. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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In 2025 we challenged austerity and proposed solutions that put people first. In 2026 we'll do even more, but need your help. Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research in BC.
DONATE NOW!
Your impact, doubled!
Your donation will be instantly matched!
Your generosity just became twice as powerful!
Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
⏰ LAST CHANCE: Your gift DOUBLED until midnight tonight!
In 2025 we challenged austerity and proposed solutions that put people first. In 2026 we'll do even more, but need your help. Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research in BC.
DONATE NOW!
In 2025 we challenged austerity and proposed solutions that put people first. In 2026 we'll do even more, but need your help. Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research in BC.
DONATE NOW!
Every dollar you donate before midnight tomorrow will be doubled thanks to a group of generous donors.
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Your impact, doubled!
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Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
Donate today
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December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Every dollar you donate before midnight tomorrow will be doubled thanks to a group of generous donors.
With your support, 2026 can be a year where our collective power drives meaningful economic and social progress across BC. Join us and DONATE now!
With your support, 2026 can be a year where our collective power drives meaningful economic and social progress across BC. Join us and DONATE now!
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Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research to advance bold ideas and drive meaningful change in BC.
Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research to advance bold ideas and drive meaningful change in BC.
Your impact, doubled!
Your donation will be instantly matched!
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Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
⏰ LAST CHANCE for your gift to be DOUBLED until midnight Dec 31! In 2025 we challenged austerity to put people first. In 2026 we'll do more, but need your help.
Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research to advance bold ideas and drive meaningful change in BC.
Every $1 = $2 for progressive policy research to advance bold ideas and drive meaningful change in BC.
As we head into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy work has never been greater and your gift will be doubled until midnight Dec 31.
Your year-end gift helps advance bold policy ideas and drive meaningful policy change in our province. Donate now!
Your year-end gift helps advance bold policy ideas and drive meaningful policy change in our province. Donate now!
Your impact, doubled!
Your donation will be instantly matched!
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Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As we head into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy work has never been greater and your gift will be doubled until midnight Dec 31.
Your year-end gift helps advance bold policy ideas and drive meaningful policy change in our province. Donate now!
Your year-end gift helps advance bold policy ideas and drive meaningful policy change in our province. Donate now!
Your gift before midnight, Dec 31, will be doubled thanks to a group of committed donors.
Our economic and social justice research and analysis can shape a stronger, fairer BC.
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Our economic and social justice research and analysis can shape a stronger, fairer BC.
Your support will help make our work more effective and expand its reach. Donate now!
Your impact, doubled!
Your donation will be instantly matched!
Your generosity just became twice as powerful!
Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
Donate today
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December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Your gift before midnight, Dec 31, will be doubled thanks to a group of committed donors.
Our economic and social justice research and analysis can shape a stronger, fairer BC.
Your support will help make our work more effective and expand its reach. Donate now!
Our economic and social justice research and analysis can shape a stronger, fairer BC.
Your support will help make our work more effective and expand its reach. Donate now!
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Your generosity just became twice as powerful!
Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
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bcpolicy.ca
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In our first year of operation we’ve established ourselves as a leading economic and social justice progressive voice in BC. We need YOUR help to keep going.
✨ Gifts DOUBLED until Dec 31.
✨ Fund climate research.
✨ Challenge corporate think tanks.
Donate now!
✨ Gifts DOUBLED until Dec 31.
✨ Fund climate research.
✨ Challenge corporate think tanks.
Donate now!
For the next 48 hours, your gift will be doubled, meaning even more power to shape a stronger, fairer BC.
Your support ensures that we will continue to challenge austerity narratives and offer a roadmap to a more just and resilient society. Donate before midnight, Dec 31!
Your support ensures that we will continue to challenge austerity narratives and offer a roadmap to a more just and resilient society. Donate before midnight, Dec 31!
Your impact, doubled!
Your donation will be instantly matched!
Your generosity just became twice as powerful!
Thanks to a group of generous donors, your gift to BC Policy Solutions will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,300. This match is only available until midnight on December 31, 2025.
Donate today
bcpolicy.ca
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For the next 48 hours, your gift will be doubled, meaning even more power to shape a stronger, fairer BC.
Your support ensures that we will continue to challenge austerity narratives and offer a roadmap to a more just and resilient society. Donate before midnight, Dec 31!
Your support ensures that we will continue to challenge austerity narratives and offer a roadmap to a more just and resilient society. Donate before midnight, Dec 31!
Next year we’ll continue addressing housing and affordability inequities.
Join us to expand our work into the post-secondary education funding crisis, dive deeper into primary healthcare reform and the climate crisis. It will be another year of championing bold solutions.
Join us to expand our work into the post-secondary education funding crisis, dive deeper into primary healthcare reform and the climate crisis. It will be another year of championing bold solutions.
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We rely on individual supporters to produce our critical research and mobilize progressive policy knowledge into key conversations with decision-makers, the media, progressive movements and the general public. Please donate to BCPolicy Solutions today. You can be assured that every dollar you donate
bcpolicy.ca
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Next year we’ll continue addressing housing and affordability inequities.
Join us to expand our work into the post-secondary education funding crisis, dive deeper into primary healthcare reform and the climate crisis. It will be another year of championing bold solutions.
Join us to expand our work into the post-secondary education funding crisis, dive deeper into primary healthcare reform and the climate crisis. It will be another year of championing bold solutions.
This year we’ve produced work on issues that matter—like housing affordability, racial inequity, poverty and wealth inequality.
Heading into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy research has never been greater. Please act now. Your support is critical.
Heading into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy research has never been greater. Please act now. Your support is critical.
Support Our Work
We rely on individual supporters to produce our critical research and mobilize progressive policy knowledge into key conversations with decision-makers, the media, progressive movements and the general public. Please donate to BCPolicy Solutions today. You can be assured that every dollar you donate
bcpolicy.ca
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This year we’ve produced work on issues that matter—like housing affordability, racial inequity, poverty and wealth inequality.
Heading into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy research has never been greater. Please act now. Your support is critical.
Heading into 2026, the need for evidence-based, progressive policy research has never been greater. Please act now. Your support is critical.
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social spoke with @cfax1070.bsky.social about his latest housing research, This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet.
Have a listen!
Have a listen!
Latest Research into Housing in BC - Josh & Jade: Soundbites | iHeart
<p>Alex Hemingway, Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst, BC Policy Solutions joins Josh & Jade to explain his analyst </p>
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December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social spoke with @cfax1070.bsky.social about his latest housing research, This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet.
Have a listen!
Have a listen!
ICYMI Rent is too damn high and scarcity of homes is a big reason, which is one cause for not yet solving the housing crisis says senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
There’s much to be done but the crisis is solvable he explains in new research.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
There’s much to be done but the crisis is solvable he explains in new research.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ICYMI Rent is too damn high and scarcity of homes is a big reason, which is one cause for not yet solving the housing crisis says senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
There’s much to be done but the crisis is solvable he explains in new research.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
There’s much to be done but the crisis is solvable he explains in new research.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: new research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: new research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
bcpolicy.ca/housing-...