British Columbia

Could Mamdani’s bold agenda work in BC?

22/08/25
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BC Society for Policy Solutions in News, Research
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BC Society for Policy Solutions
Mamdani

Aug. 19, 2025

Article by Véronique Sioufi, racial equity researcher and policy analyst, BC Policy Solutions


Well beyond New York City’s boroughs, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has captured public attention with a comprehensive, unapologetically socialist mayoral platform.

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British Columbia
Labour - Unions
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BC’s Mid-Sized Cities Are Densifying. But Where Are the Buses?

21/08/25
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
Link: 
The Tyee
BC’s mid-sized cities want to expand their bus systems. Their plans are being hobbled by a lack of provincial funding. Photo by Colin Dacre, Castanet.

Aug 21, 2025

Councillors say the province is pushing for more transit-oriented development but isn’t funding the needed bus service.

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Climate Change
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Landmark Climate Ruling Raises the Bar for BC: 34 Groups Urge Action to Meet Climate Obligations

20/08/25
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see below
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Sierra Club BC

Aug. 20, 2025

Landmark Climate Ruling Raises the Bar for BC: 34 Groups Urge Action to Meet Climate Obligations

Open letter says the province must align its climate plan with international law, meet its targets, and phase out fossil fuel production

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August 20, 2025

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
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Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Global
Indigenous Peoples
Industry Spin
Labour - Unions
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis

06/08/25
Author: 
John Clarke
Link: 
The Bullet
You'll die of old age we'll die of climate change

Aug. 6, 2025

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Forestry
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire

31/07/25
Author: 
Leo McGrady
Link: 
The Tyee
Canadians rally against actions by US President Donald Trump, near the US Embassy in Ottawa on June 14, 2025. Photo by Justin Tang, the Canadian Press.

July 30, 2025

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing

29/07/25
Author: 
Larry Beasley, Patrick Condon, Andy Yan and 24 others
Link: 
The Tyee
A razed single-family home in Vancouver. More supply alone won’t deliver affordability, say 27 experienced professionals. Photo by David Beers.

July 29, 2025

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Canada
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BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle

28/07/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Link: 
The Tyee
Jason Alexander’s mill is going without logs, as the local community forest sells to pulp mills in Prince George. Photo supplied.

July 25, 2025

Why does so much community forest timber end up as wood chips instead of higher-end products? A Tyee investigation.

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Ecology/Environment
Forestry
Labour - Unions
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Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems

16/07/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Link: 
The Tyee
A memorial to schoolchildren killed in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 stands next to silos used to store wood pellets at a new thermal electricity plant in Sendai. Photo submitted.

July 16, 2025

From Borneo to Japan to BC, the effects are clear. And the solution is something entirely different.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Forestry
Global
Indigenous Peoples
Industry Spin
Nuclear
Social
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The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill

14/07/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
Link: 
The Tyee
Toxins leak from a crumpled storage tank at the bankrupted Port Alice mill. Due to lax regulations, the BC public will pay for cleanup. Photo via PricewaterhouseCoopers.

July 14, 2025

Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Forestry
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How Vancouver Is Extra Kind to Land Speculators

10/07/25
Author: 
Erick Villagomez
Link: 
The Tyee
Bigger and even bigger: Approved transformation of a Commercial Drive hub adds storeys to this 2024 version, and goes far beyond a 2015 citizens’ plan. Artist rendering via Crombie REIT/Westbank Corp.

July 10, 2025

Loosened restraints mean owning and flipping land, not building on it, is the real financial game.

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British Columbia
Capitalism
Social
Urban
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