Green Future, Green Economy

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


and build lots of affordable housing


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.


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.


65%of British Columbians want a commitment to

phase out coal, oil and gas, replacing them with renewable energy.


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.


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.


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

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