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

21/08/25
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
Nariman Ajjur, a Palestinian Canadian, speaks at a press conference Wednesday. Ajjur has been trying to bring family members who are living in Gaza to Canada for over a year. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Aug. 21, 2025

A special program was supposed to help families to safety, but advocates say it’s failed.

21/08/25
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
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.

20/08/25
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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

08/08/25
Author: 
Rachel Gilmore
Workers install a sign reading ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ at the entrance to a new migrant detention facility in Florida on July 3, 2025. Photo by Rebecca Blackwell, the Associated Press.

Aug. 8, 2025

Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.

A Canadian company is providing the muscle for a new Florida detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — and the Canadian government isn’t ruling out working with the security giant in the future.

03/08/25
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Socialist Project
 Screen shot - https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed-video/cupe-presser-reinstate-paramedic-katherine-grzejszczak/

Aug. 3, 2025

Watch here:

 https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed-video/cupe-presser-reinstate-paramedic-katherine-grzejszczak/

Paramedic and CUPE Ontario executive board member Katherine Grzejszczak fights for reinstatement to her job. She was fired by York Region for an anti-war comment she made on Facebook.

29/07/25
Author: 
Evan Dyer
An Israeli soldier carries mortar shell cases in southern Israel, near Gaza, on Nov. 25, 2023. Tax and shipping records appear to say Canadian companies have continued to ship ammunition and other materiel to Israel despite Ottawa's claims to the contrary. (Tsafrir Abayov/The Associated Press)

July 25, 2025

Tax and shipping records appear to contradict Ottawa's claims

The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping records appear to contradict that claim. 

29/07/25
Author: 
Larry Beasley, Patrick Condon, Andy Yan and 24 others
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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