Illicit drug overdose is one of the top 10 causes of death in British Columbia1, and the province declared a state of emergency due to the overdose crisis in 20162. Data from 2019 showed optimistic indications of the crisis being… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Overdose Crisis
Forestry has been an important source of livelihood in our community since long before British Columbia was a province, and the industry still accounts for nearly 140,000 jobs today1. While forestry and logging have a long and complicated history with… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Forestry
Climate change remains an urgent and complex challenge in the midst of the current global pandemic. Several municipalities in BC have declared a state of emergency over the climate crisis. As British Columbians are becoming accustomed to forest fire seasons… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Climate Change
British Columbia’s economy has been hit hard as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. British Columbia’s GDP is expected to decrease by ~7% in 2020, along with unemployment rising to 10%, and retail sales dropping by 1.5%1. Economic forecasts predict… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Economic Recovery
British Columbia has experienced one of the fastest rising home price and rental markets, not only within Canada, but internationally as well1. Cities like Vancouver have near 1% rental vacancy rates and have one of the worst median home price to… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Affordable Housing
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, long- term care (LTC) facilities for seniors in British Columbia (BC) have faced their fair share of challenges because of chronic underfunding, and both staffing and resource shortages1 2. Now with COVID-19, these challenges have… Read More »The 2020 British Columbia Provincial Elections: Improving Long-Term Care for Seniors
Whether we like it or not, the next BC Provincial Election is scheduled for October 24, 2020, and it will be here before we know it. Over the next couple of weeks, Cofactor Conversation Lab will provide quick summaries of… Read More »Quick Snips! Information for the 2020 British Columbia Provincial Election