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Terminating the Hamilton Police Liaison Program in the HWDSB: Four Years in Review
by CCPA on August 6, 2020 Photo courtesy of HWDSB Kids Need Help A History Of Us On Monday June 22nd, after hosting a sit-in on the street for almost seven hours, we celebrated and danced as we listened...Would pharmacare spell trouble for drug companies?
by Joel Lexchin on August 5, 2020 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue of prescription drug access back to the fore as questions of affordable access became international news in March. However, the...COVID-19 is worsening homelessness and insecure housing for women
by Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network and Community University Policy Alliance on Women’s Complex Homelessness at McMaster University on August 4, 2020 Women, girls, and gender diverse people are disproportionately impacted by a loss of income during COVID-19, putting women-led households at great risk of losing their housing. A...John Loxley: a personal reflection
by Bruce Campbell on August 4, 2020 Two giants have left us—Mel Watkins a few months ago, and now John Loxley. John (pictured, left, with Andrew Jackson and Watkins, his John Kenneth Galbraith Prize co-...In tribute to John Loxley – thank you, brother
by CCPA on July 31, 2020 John Loxley was sought after by governments—provincial, federal, and international—for his wise counsel. Yet he was happy and perhaps felt more at home explaining the ideas of...
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