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CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Index Simple

December 19, 2023

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  • 10 years later: Lessons from the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster have not been heeded

    It’s been 10 years since an oil train killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic. Decision-makers haven’t learned the lessons of the disaster.

    June 29, 2023
  • Neoliberalism is like a zombie that won’t die

    Neoliberalism is about power, but it’s also about the stories we tell

    June 29, 2023
  • The pretense that Canada’s immigration system isn’t racist persists

    Canada’s immigration system is fundamentally based on exploitation of racialized workers.

    June 29, 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth with a word

    That word—Norway

    June 29, 2023
  • Dawn of the Debt

    Governments aren’t households—and their budgets don’t act like them

    June 29, 2023
  • How to kill a zombie or the strange persistence of neoliberalism

    Since the pandemic, many observers have proclaimed the death of neoliberalism—but is it really dead?

    June 29, 2023
  • Top view of 8 books lined together

    CCPA Summer Reads

    Here’s what CCPA staff are reading this summer

    June 29, 2023
  • Zombie climate change denial: we’re in the “bargaining” stage

    The fossil fuel industry is moving away from outright denial, and towards negotiating for their version of an energy transition.

    June 29, 2023
  • Ancient minimum wage trope just won’t die

    Minimum wage earners are not basement-dwelling unskilled teenagers—the data tells the real story

    June 29, 2023
  • Vampire consulting firms in the public service

    Like a vampire, consulting firms are suave and sophisticated actors that aim to gain the trust of their targets.

    June 29, 2023
  • The Monitor, July/August 2023

    Neoliberalism is like a zombie that won’t die.

    June 29, 2023
  • A rising tide does not lift all boats

    Ontario’s labour market saw dramatic shifts over the past few years. How did those changes affect racialized workers?

    June 28, 2023
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