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Green Future, Green Economy
A Presentationby Guy Dauncey
British Columbia, May 2017
Hot-Button Election Issues 1. The Housing Crisis
2. Climate and Energy3. Jobs, New Economy
4. Money in Democracy
May 2017Hot-Button Election Issues
1. The Housing Crisis
Super InTent City, Victoria Courthouse
How to Eliminate Homelessness
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Renovate and Transform the Rooming Hotels
Vancouver Average House PriceJanuary 2016
Single Family: $1,850,000
Offshore tax evasion in Vancouver real estate
Ian Young, South China Morning Post
The five prime causes of the crisis:1.Offshore buying2.Inequality + Inheritances3.Liberal bank lending policies4.AirBNB5.30 years of government neglect
2/3rds of Canadians.Parents own property.
They will inherit.
1/3rd of Canadians.Parents do not own property.
They will never inherit.
2/3rds of Canadians.Parents own property.
They will inherit.
Restrict Foreign Ownership
Developer incentives to build 100% rental properties
Gather lots of money
Gather lots of money
and build lots of affordable housing
Gather lots of money
and build lots of affordable housing
Seven new sources of revenue
Seattle’s property tax levy has enabled the construction of 12,500 apartments with
below-market rents.
1. An affordable housing tax levy
2. Escalating taxes on properties left empty
3. Escalating property transfer tax on top-end real estate sales
4. Speculation tax on properties flipped within a year
5. Offshore tax on homes bought through tax-havens
6. Affordable Housing Tax on AirBNBs
67% of Vancouver AirBNBs are for whole house or apartment
Vancouver AirBNBs
7. An Inheritance Tax on Estates above a certain value
Pour all the new money into building Affordable Housing
Marine Court Housing Cooperative, Vancouver
PASSPassive, Affordable, Sociable, Sustainable
Passive Houses, Victoria90% reduced heat loss
Passive House, Victoria. 90% less heat, 4.4% more cost, net zero $ cost
www.bernhardtpassive.com
Brussels, BelgiumSince 2015, all new buildings and retrofits are
required to be Nearly-Zero Energy, based on the Passive House Standard.
Sociable Where cars dominates, people disconnect.
Less sense of neighbourhood, mutual support.
SociableWith people-inspired urban design, people connect.
More sense of neighbourhood, mutual support.
www.rentalhousingindex.ca
By 2021, 79,730 new rental units required24,975 new subsidized units required
IMPACT OF HOME BUILDING AND REMODELING ON THE U.S. ECONOMY
Special Studies, May 1, 2014By Paul Emrath, Ph.D.
Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders
80,000 new rental housing units neededOver 4 years = 20,000 units a year
1 rental unit = 1.13 jobs = 22,600 jobs a year
July 1st, 1962
AFFORDABLE HOMES
July 1st, 1962 July 1st, 2018?
An Affordable Housing Act1.Make the commitment that every BC citizen will have an affordable home by 2020.2.Restrict the ownership of property in BC by non-Canadians.3.Gather a large pool of new money by introducing several new targeted taxes.4.Create an Affordable Homes Land Reserve.5.Invest all the new income in building 100% renewable energy, Passive House designed, socially inclusive, affordable homes.
May 2017Hot-Button Election Issues
2. Climate and Energy
Global Temperature Change 1850-2016
British Columbia 2015
The Paris Climate Agreement
Great Collapse
Great Transition
The last time the world was 3C warmer,the sea level was 25 metres higher.
Vancouver 2 Metres Sea-Level Rise
Vancouver 20 Metres Sea-Level Rise
ALL FOSSIL FUELSCAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
We must change our future story
from negative to positive,
from fear and worry
to hope and determination.
92%of British Columbians
want to see a plan to develop jobs in
the renewable energy sector.
Oracle Poll, November 2015
75%of British Columbians think protecting the climate is more important than building
pipelines and further developing the tar sands.Oracle Poll, November 2015
73 %of British Columbians want to see a legally enforced cap or limits on carbon pollution.
Oracle Poll, November 2015
65%of British Columbians want a commitment to
phase out coal, oil and gas, replacing them with renewable energy.
Oracle Poll, November 2015
Denmark
Denmark
Farewell and Thank You, Fossil Fuels
Welcome, Solar Age!
Almost Twice as Many Green Jobs in Canada
By Guy Dauncey
800,000 fossil fuel jobs lost 1,000,000 green energy jobs gained
Renewable Energy
No new jobs if Site C goes aheadNew wind energy jobs if cancelled
BC electricity already almost zero carbon
Increased Transit
$1.6 billion investment a year35,000 jobs (direct, indirect & induced)
Cycling Economy
25% trip-share9,750 direct jobs
90% of BC buildings over 25 years16,500 jobs
(direct, indirect & induced)
Building Retrofits
Organic Farming
100% transition to organic methods13,000 new jobs after 25 years
520 new jobs a year
A Local Food Economy
Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com
The livestock industry – meat & dairy – is causing 15% of global warming
Transportation without Oil
Australian/Chinese Brighsun Bus1027 km on one charge
Barcelona is moving all buses to electric100% electric by 2020.
Self-financed by savings on running costs.
Elevated transit bus, under development in China
Real-time electronic bus stops
Car sharing - Car2Go
Car sharing - Car2Go100,000 members in Vancouver
By 2025, Holland is preparing to ban the purchase of gas and diesel cars
Almost 400,000 advance orders placed for The Tesla Model 3. $35,000 US
320 kilometres range
The falling price of EV batteries
40 ton truck, 100 km range, 3-4 hours recharge
Swiss E-Force 18 tonne electric truck300 km range
80–110 kWh per 100 km at highway speed
Future Nicola One 2000 HP electric truckCNG hybrid. Driving range 800-1200 miles
per tank. www.nikolamotor.com
Future Scania electric truck, recharging by an inductive roadway.
Stockholm, 80,000 apartmentsheat from treated sewage
Vancouver Olympic VillageSewage-Based District Heat
Drake Landing, Okotoks, AlbertaStored Solar Thermal Heat
800 solar hot water panels on the garages
Energy Centre
Community solar Thermal panels
90% solar heating throughout the cold Alberta winter
A 100% Renewable Energy Act1.Set a target to derive 100% of the energy used in BC from renewable sources before 2050.2.Develop four 100% Renewable Energy Transition Plans for BC’s electricity, buildings, transportation and industry. 3.Work with BC’s colleges to prepare the workforce for the jobs that will be needed.
May 2017Hot-Button Election Issues
3. Jobs, New Economy
Treat Nature as a Being to Respect,
not a Resource to Exploit
Count and tax Nature’s external costs Regulate effectively to protect habitatCompassionate care for farm animals
Fully protected habitat zonesA green restorative economy
100% sustainable fisheries100% sustainable forestry100% renewable energy
100% organic farmingZero waste
An Ecological Economy
Green Business Certification
Measure General Provincial Happinessas well as Gross Domestic Product
Transform the Corporation
Benefit Corporations
Benefit Corporations in VancouverAquatic InformaticsAroundsquare Ltd
Big Room Inc.Brix Media Co.
Climate Smart Business, Inc.Ethical Bean Coffee
Fairware Promotional Products.Flipside Creative
HootsuiteJunxion Strategy
Kent Employment LawLeverage Lab
Light Trail ConsultingLunapads
Mills Office ProductivityPyrrha
Realize StrategiesRecollective Consulting
Renewal FundsRTOWN
Saul Good Gift CoSave On MeatsSES ConsultingSMAK Food Inc
soulpepperSPUD
Sustainability TelevisionYulu Public Relations Inc.
StrengthenEntrepreneurialism
www.startupcommunities.ca
Train New Entrepreneurs
Youth enterprise in schools
The Triple Bottom LinePlanet, People, Profits
Start New Cooperatives
Emilia Romagna, Italy• Population 4.4 million• $$$, top ten European regions• 32% self-employed• 76% work in small business with 4-5 workers• Italy’s 4th largest exporter• 400,000 enterprises• 7,500 cooperatives• Strong tradition of reciprocity, regional economy mutual support, financed by 0.4% levy on sales •Regional credit system with close ties to local enterprises• Lowest unemployment• Highest rate of citizen satisfaction in Italy
Cooperate Together
PublicBanking
Public Banking
40% of the banks in the world are Public BanksAlgeriaAustriaBrazil
BulgariaCaribbean
ChileChina
ColombiaCosta RicaDenmark
Egypt
FinlandFrance
GermanyHollandHungary
IndiaJapan
MacedoniaMexico
New ZealandNorway
PolandRussia
SloveniaSouth Korea
SpainSweden
SwitzerlandSyria
Taiwan
“When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’
accounts.” - Sir Mervyn KingGovernor of the Bank of England, 2003-2013
When a public bank creates money, the interest earned
returns to the public
Mission “to deliver quality, sound financial services
that promote agriculture, commerce and industry in North Dakota.”
Founded in 1919 by the Non-Partisan LeagueLoan Portfolio of $2.6 billionLowest unemployment in US
No state budget deficit
“More profitable than Goldman Sachs, has a better credit rating than JP Morgan and Chase,
and hasn’t seen profit growth drop since 2003.
Meet the Bank of North Dakota, the U.S.’s lone state-owned bank.
Return on equity (…) is 18.56%, about 70% higher
than at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.”November 19, 2014
The Public Bank of British Columbia, est. 2018
• Stores government and crown agency revenues• Creates new money by the act of lending• Saves taxpayers up to 50% in interest costs on critical
infrastructure like bridges, trains and schools • Eliminates billions in bank fees and money management
for cities and the province• Supports community bank loans to clean energy, building
retrofits, farms, First Nations projects, value-added forestry, hi-tech, community development corporations, small businesses, students.
• Provides counter-cyclical relief by issuing credit at low or zero cost to revitalize infrastructure and other services
Reduce Poverty and Inequality
End Student Debt
$15 Minimum wage
High density areas - $14.75Medium density areas - $13.50Low density areas - $12.50
Basic Income Guarantee
Tax Reform
Protect Public Ownershipand the Role of Government
The Entrepreneurial State
“It is indisputable that most of Apple’s
best technologies exist because of the
prior collective and cumulative efforts driven by the State.”- Mariana Mazzucato
HealthcareEducation
Social SecurityInsuranceUtilities
Affordable HousingPublic Banking
Research & DevelopmentEffective Regulation
A New GlobalFinancial Architecture
The Panama Papers
Offshore tax evasion in Vancouver real estate
Ian Young, South China Morning Post
Abolish Every Tax Haven
A New Economy Act1.To support a new wave of socially conscious entrepreneurial training in BC.2.To support the development of Benefit Corps and Cooperative Business Networks in BC.3.To eliminate student debt in BC by adopting the Oregon “Pay it Forward, Pay it Back” approach.4.To raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in BC by 2020, using the Oregon Tiered approach.5.To take steps to create a Bank of BC.6.To measure General Provincial Happiness in addition to GDP. 7.To work with Ottawa to end tax evasion through the use of offshore companies.8.To work with Ottawa to introduce Basic Income.
May 2017Hot-Button Election Issues
4. Money in Democracy
86% of British Columbians support a ban on corporate and union political donations
before the next election81% BC Liberal voters 91% NDP voters
Voting at age 16
$100 Voting Tax Credit
$3 million eligible voters in BCSmall revenue-neutral tax increase
Electronic Voting
Money OUT, Voters IN
Fair, proportional voting
A New Democracy ActBefore the 2021 election: 1.To end corporate and union funding of political parties.2.To reduce the age of voting in BC to 16.3.To introduce electronic voting.4.To introduce mixed-member, proportional voting.
The Housing CrisisAn Affordable Housing Act
Climate and EnergyA 100% Renewable Energy Act
Jobs, New EconomyA New Economy ActMoney in DemocracyA New Democracy Act
Green Future, Green Economy
A Presentationby Guy Dauncey