Category Archives: Government
BC Greens piling pressure on NDP to ban foreign buyers in budget
By ThinkPol Staff The BC Green Party is piling pressure on the NDP minority government its propping up to follow New Zealand’s example and restrict foreign real estate ownership in the province in the upcoming budget. “Recently, we proposed we
Petition calls for housing speculation tax in BC budget and crackdown on money laundering, shady realtors
By ThinkPol Staff A petition has been launched to urge British Columbia’s NDP-led government to introduce a housing speculation tax along with a special taskforce to crackdown on money laundering and unethical practices by realtors in Metro Vancouver’s real estate
Unpaid tech workers frustrated over province’s “slow” response to Istuary scandal
By Lisa Tanh A Vancouver tech company that owes over a hundred employees millions of dollars has yet to pay up, and the workers are expressing frustration at the “slow” pace of the province’s efforts to recover unpaid wages. Istuary
Ottawa vague on helping City of Vancouver curb housing speculation
By Lisa Tanh The Government of Canada is releasing few details about federal measures to help City of Vancouver monitor and curb speculation in the housing market. On Nov. 29, Vancouver City Council approved their planning, urban design and sustainability
Canada moves a step closer to legalizing witchcraft, sorcery and fortune telling
By Will Young If you have ever dressed as Harry Potter or the Wicked Witch of the East for Halloween in Canada, you have committed a criminal offence. Section 365 of Canada’s criminal code currently makes it an offence to
Globalization fuels inequality, but social spending could soften the blow – OECD study
By Will Young Economic globalization, specifically international trade, leads to greater inequality with a country, but higher social protection spending may create a cushioning effect against rising income differences, according an OECD study. In Economic globalisation, inequality and the role
BC Liberals urged to return dirty donations from fraudster
The BC Liberal party is being asked to return “dirty” donations once again. Following fraud charges against prominent BC Liberal donor Paul Oei, the Liberal Party are being asked to return all of his donations. IntegrityBC, a non-partisan and non-profit organization, discovered
Canada’s “rip it and ship it” economy ill-prepared to shift towards sustainability, report finds
By Will Young Canada’s “rip it and ship it” economy that emphasizes extraction over of value-added processing and manufacturing has left the national lagging badly in innovation, in materials efficiency and recycling, according to an OECD report released today. OECD’s
Experts cautiously support Liberal legislation to overhaul Harper’s ‘unconstitutional’ Bill C-51
By ThinkPol Staff Constitutional, public safety and human rights experts have extended their cautious support for a new Liberal government bill that will significantly overhaul Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s controversial anti-terrorism legislation Bill C-51, which many see as being
CRA to tighten voluntary disclosure program
By ThinkPol Staff Canada’s tax agency will tighten the controversial program that allowed wealthy tax evaders to turn themselves in without fear of prosecution or civil penalties. The Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) was set up in