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Alex Hemingway
Publishing · On our record since 2016
Where this writer stands
Labour2 pieces
Stronger unions and standardsMore flexibility for employers
“It's time to contemplate a bolder step: ban tipping and raise minimum wages to at least the level of the local living wage.” Read the piece
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“A modest wealth tax that affects only Canadians with over $10 million in net wealth could raise nearly $40 billion annually.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: B.C.’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisisOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 7, 2026
- How the Top One Per Cent Threaten Canada’s Future | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 15, 2026
- Is It Time to Ban Tipping? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 13, 2026
- Opinion: Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownershipOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 28, 2025
- Worried about infrastructure costs? Then end the apartment banOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 22, 2025
- Worried about infrastructure costs? Then end the apartment banOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 22, 2025
- Opinion: It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning apartments in most areas?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 19, 2024
- Here Are the Next Big Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 6, 2024
- Opinion: The moment is ripe for expanding employee ownership in CanadaOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 22, 2024
- Where’s the Big Vision in the BC Budget? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 22, 2024
- Alex Hemingway: Vancouver’s multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projectionsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 21, 2024
- Alex Hemingway: Provincial zoning reform essential to reduce housing exclusion and displacementOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 6, 2023
- Alex Hemingway: B.C.’s Housing Supply Act can help break housing gridlockOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 14, 2023
- Alex Hemingway: Why Canada still needs a wealth tax — and what it could fundOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 8, 2023
- How to Fix Housing Gridlock? Solve the Public Hearings Mess | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 2, 2023
- Alex Hemingway: David Eby’s premier chance to change the game on housingOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 11, 2023
- Iglika Ivanova and Alex Hemingway: Soaring cost of living highlights urgent need to tackle housing affordabilityOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 17, 2022
- Alex Hemingway: Want B.C. to be fiscally responsible? Invest in people, communities and our futureOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 15, 2021
- Alex Hemingway: One year later: Canadian billionaire wealth up by $78 billionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 17, 2021
- Alex Hemingway and Michal Rozworksi: Canadian billionaires’ wealth skyrocketing during the pandemicOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 25, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Don’t fear government debt after COVID-19Opinion · Vancouver Sun · May 8, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Don’t fear government debt after COVID-19Opinion · Vancouver Sun · May 8, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Don’t fear government debt after COVID-19Opinion · Vancouver Sun · May 8, 2020
- Excess profits tax needed to prevent profiteering amid COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 22, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Balanced budget fixation hurts B.C.Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 31, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Elimination of MSP important step for tax fairness in B.C.Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 13, 2020
- Alex Hemingway: Property taxes in Vancouver fuel inequality and speculationOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 6, 2019
- Vancouver has Canada’s lowest property tax rate — and a housing crisis. Something has to give | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 2, 2019
- Alex Hemingway: Canada needs to catch up on new progressive economic thinkingOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 18, 2019
- Alex Hemingway: Even higher taxes on wealthy, businesses needed for tax fairness and public investmentsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 12, 2019
- Alex Hemingway: What’s missing from the Uber debate? Market power, congestion, pollution — even deathsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 10, 2018
- Alex Hemingway: Employer health-tax refinements good for public services, non-profitsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 16, 2018
- Alex Hemingway: Private schools receive public funds while special-needs students go withoutOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 5, 2018
- How BC’s Soaring Real Estate Prices Made the Rich Richer | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 10, 2018
- Alex Hemingway: B.C. government right to raise property taxes — low rates fuel housing crisisOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 3, 2018
- Alex Hemingway: Relax. Employer health taxes haven’t sunk businesses in other provincesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 11, 2018
- Alex Hemingway: B.C. needs bold, transformative change. Will Budget 2018 bring it?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 16, 2018
- Tax Fairness a Way to Tackle Inequality | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 26, 2017
- Opinion: B.C. has the fiscal room to make lives betterOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 30, 2017
- BC’s Massive Tax Giveaway to the Rich | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 16, 2017
- Opinion: The growing cost of UBC’s fossil fuel gambitOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 28, 2016
- Opinion: The growing cost of UBC’s fossil fuel gambitOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 26, 2016