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Seth Klein
Last published April 2026 · On our record since 2010
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“taxing the oil and gas companies' profits means we can deploy some of those revenues to directly help lower and modest-income households, while using some to expedite our transition off these deadly fuels.” Read the piece
Climate1 piece
Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“taxing the oil and gas companies' profits means we can deploy some of those revenues to directly help lower and modest-income households, while using some to expedite our transition off these deadly fuels.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Mark Carney just cut gas taxes. He should be raising these taxes insteadOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 15, 2026
- Opinion: Deafening silence on climate this electionOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 16, 2025
- Most People in BC Are Ready to Get New Buildings off Gas: Poll | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 28, 2024
- Opinion: Premier Eby must choose: climate commitments or fossil fuelsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 2, 2022
- Murray Dobbin, ‘Giant of the Canadian Left’ | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 26, 2021
- We Face So Many Crises. Let Youth Lead, Serve and Vote | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 21, 2020
- How Would Our Wartime Conservative Leaders Have Acted on the Climate Crisis? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 30, 2019
- Against Cynicism: Seth Klein Reflects | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 6, 2019
- Seth Klein: Proportional representation leads to better government policiesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 12, 2018
- How Electoral Reform Would Strengthen Local Representation | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 2, 2018
- Seth Klein and Vyas Saran: Debunking a red herring: Electoral reform will not enable the far rightOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 22, 2018
- Don't Take the Bait: Kinder Morgan Is Playing Canada | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 16, 2018
- Decade of Frozen Welfare Rates Leave Families in Deepening Poverty | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 29, 2017
- Admitting a Post-Paris Truth: BC's LNG Pipe Dream Is Over | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 27, 2015
- What progressives can learn from the federal electionOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 26, 2015
- What progressives can learn from the federal election | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 25, 2015
- Opinion: Look before leaping to conclusionsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 2, 2015
- Numbers Show BC's Special Needs Students Still Shortchanged | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 6, 2015
- In our politics, telling the truth gets you in troubleOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2015
- Opinion: When telling the truth lands you in troubleOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 10, 2015
- The Tyee – Imagining a Moral Economy for British ColumbiaOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 14, 2013
- The Tyee – A Poverty Reduction Plan for BCOpinion · The Tyee · May 12, 2013
- The Tyee – BC's Real Social Housing NumbersOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 28, 2013
- The Tyee – In BC, a New Openness to Tax IncreasesOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 27, 2013
- Opinion: The case for higher taxesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 26, 2013
- The Tyee – Two Tough Truths Demand Political BraveryOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 10, 2013
- British Columbians ready for a thoughtful talk about taxesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 1, 2012
- Ottawa twists new poverty lineOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2012
- Ottawa twists new poverty lineOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 18, 2012
- Ottawa twists new poverty lineOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 18, 2012
- Ottawa twists new poverty line | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 18, 2012
- Japan: Open for businessOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 26, 2011
- In the garden with Steve Whysall...Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 26, 2011
- Art gallery boss has big plansOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 19, 2011
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 20, 2010