Jean Kavanagh
@bcpolicyjean.bsky.social
Senior Media Specialist, BC Policy Solutions
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Living Wage report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French address BC's stark reality: there’s an affordability crisis province-wide and living wages are much higher than the minimum wage. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
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December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Living Wage report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French address BC's stark reality: there’s an affordability crisis province-wide and living wages are much higher than the minimum wage. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
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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
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
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
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
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December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
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
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Living Wage report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French address BC's stark reality: there’s an affordability crisis province-wide and living wages are much higher than the minimum wage. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Living Wage report authors @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French address BC's stark reality: there’s an affordability crisis province-wide and living wages are much higher than the minimum wage. @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
Dec 12, 12-1:30pm PT. Register:
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170,000 BC seniors live in poverty. We can donate to seniors' programs (please do), but policy change is what got seniors poverty down to 2% in the 1990s.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
170,000 BC seniors live in poverty. We can donate to seniors' programs (please do), but policy change is what got seniors poverty down to 2% in the 1990s.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
Support the work:
We've done it before. We can do it again.
Support the work:
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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...
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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 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...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
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:
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Instead of Canada Climate Week Xchange activities being sponsored by traditional climate groups, it was organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange and didn’t promote real climate action writes Leah Montange, a research associate with us and Understanding Precarity in BC.
Climate change and labour precarity: a worker-centred agenda
Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil ended, the last week of November was Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it was organized by the Toronto Stock Exchang
bcpolicy.ca
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Instead of Canada Climate Week Xchange activities being sponsored by traditional climate groups, it was organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange and didn’t promote real climate action writes Leah Montange, a research associate with us and Understanding Precarity in BC.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Very helpful breakdown of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal here from @climatekeith.bsky.social 👇
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
Did someone say MOU? Reading between the lines of Mark Carney’s plan to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast - Greenpeace Canada
The Carney government's MOU with the Government of Alberta to build a new tar sands pipeline rolls back key climate policies and attacks Indigenous rights.
www.greenpeace.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Very helpful breakdown of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal here from @climatekeith.bsky.social 👇
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
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Tonight, 6:30PM UBC Robson Square—National Assembly on Workplace Democracy.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social speaks at the Vancouver regional forum. Public welcome.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social speaks at the Vancouver regional forum. Public welcome.
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 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tonight, 6:30PM UBC Robson Square—National Assembly on Workplace Democracy.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social speaks at the Vancouver regional forum. Public welcome.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social speaks at the Vancouver regional forum. Public welcome.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
This evening, National Assembly on Workplace Democracy discusses its final report release, featuring our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
6:30PM UBC Robson Square—open to the public.
6:30PM UBC Robson Square—open to the public.
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 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This evening, National Assembly on Workplace Democracy discusses its final report release, featuring our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
6:30PM UBC Robson Square—open to the public.
6:30PM UBC Robson Square—open to the public.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
The poverty rate among BC seniors now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line.
The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between grocerie
bcpolicy.ca
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The poverty rate among BC seniors now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
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...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Tomorrow 6:30PM UBC Robson Square—National Assembly on Workplace Democracy.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social will speak at the Vancouver regional forum.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social will speak at the Vancouver regional forum.
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 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow 6:30PM UBC Robson Square—National Assembly on Workplace Democracy.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social will speak at the Vancouver regional forum.
Our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social will speak at the Vancouver regional forum.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
ICYMI senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social spoke with Gloria Mackarenko on CBC's On The Coast about Vancouver's 0% property-tax-increase budget.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
ICYMI senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social spoke with Gloria Mackarenko on CBC's On The Coast about Vancouver's 0% property-tax-increase budget.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
On Weds (Dec 3) hear our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy forum.
Regional forums are being held across Canada. Vancouver—6:30PM UBC Robson Square. Public welcome.
Regional forums are being held across Canada. Vancouver—6:30PM UBC Robson Square. Public welcome.
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 8:00 PM
On Weds (Dec 3) hear our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social at the National Assembly on Workplace Democracy forum.
Regional forums are being held across Canada. Vancouver—6:30PM UBC Robson Square. Public welcome.
Regional forums are being held across Canada. Vancouver—6:30PM UBC Robson Square. Public welcome.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
The provincial and federal governments must act on seniors' poverty, says senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
There must also be increased funding for housing and for seniors’ groups to support social engagement and help seniors access supports and services.
There must also be increased funding for housing and for seniors’ groups to support social engagement and help seniors access supports and services.
Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line.
The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between grocerie
bcpolicy.ca
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The provincial and federal governments must act on seniors' poverty, says senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
There must also be increased funding for housing and for seniors’ groups to support social engagement and help seniors access supports and services.
There must also be increased funding for housing and for seniors’ groups to support social engagement and help seniors access supports and services.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Reducing seniors’ poverty was one of Canada’s greatest social policy success stories of the 20th century, explains senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line.
The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between grocerie
bcpolicy.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reducing seniors’ poverty was one of Canada’s greatest social policy success stories of the 20th century, explains senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
The poverty rate among BC seniors now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line.
The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between grocerie
bcpolicy.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The poverty rate among BC seniors now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line, writes senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
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.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
ICYMI senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and a BC Business Council spokesperson spoke with Gloria Macarenko on CBC's On The Coast about the City of Vancouver's 0% property-tax increase budget.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and a BC Business Council spokesperson spoke with Gloria Macarenko on CBC's On The Coast about the City of Vancouver's 0% property-tax increase budget.
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Tonight @ 6PM @sfu.ca Burnaby.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts on how a land value tax can benefit the housing market and overall economy by encouraging efficient land use over idle speculation.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts on how a land value tax can benefit the housing market and overall economy by encouraging efficient land use over idle speculation.
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 5:00 PM
Tonight @ 6PM @sfu.ca Burnaby.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts on how a land value tax can benefit the housing market and overall economy by encouraging efficient land use over idle speculation.
Hear from senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & other experts on how a land value tax can benefit the housing market and overall economy by encouraging efficient land use over idle speculation.
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social will speak with Gloria Macarenko on CBC On The Coast at 5:05 pm to comment on the City of Vancouver's budget and the decision for a 0% property-tax increase. #vanpoli
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social will speak with Gloria Macarenko on CBC On The Coast at 5:05 pm to comment on the City of Vancouver's budget and the decision for a 0% property-tax increase. #vanpoli
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
At 5:05 pm, hear senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social on CBC On The Coast commenting on the City of Vancouver's budget and the decision for a 0% increase to property taxes. #vanpoli
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At 5:05 pm, hear senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social on CBC On The Coast commenting on the City of Vancouver's budget and the decision for a 0% increase to property taxes. #vanpoli
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
www.cbc.ca/listen/li...
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
Tomorrow @ 6 PM, senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts will speak on the benefits of a land value tax and how it can benefit the housing market and overall economy.
Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
Nov 27, 6 PM @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 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow @ 6 PM, senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and other experts will speak on the benefits of a land value tax and how it can benefit the housing market and overall economy.
Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
Nov 27, 6 PM @sfu.ca Burnaby
Reposted by Jean Kavanagh
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/....