• Wealth and income in the top 1%

      One thing I really like about the Occupy movement is that it reclaiming mental space. I’m thinking of the overt focus on the riches…

  • The War Against Aging

    There are, the old expression goes, lies, damn lies — and statistics. Throw enough frightening numbers around, and you can sell any sort of unfairness.…

  • An invitation to the 2011 David Lewis Lecture from Avi Lewis

    Invitation to the 2011 David Lewis Lecture from Avi Lewis The CCPA is proud to present Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg—two of Canada’s leading thinkers…

  • Punching Below Their Weight

    Why Canada and Mexico are so important to the United States yet so impotent in Washington Download 173.26 KB 6 pages Despite their moderate size…

  • Canada and Mexico punching below their weight in Washington

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Despite their moderate size – taken together, Canada and Mexico would only be the fifth largest of the world’s economies…

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    Tar Sands and the CETA

    The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of…

  • Occupation, democracy and coops

    I hung out a while yesterday at the Vancouver Occupation, and was impressed with their efforts at radical democracy. Many in the mainstream press have…

  • Oneabees—Way to Represent!

    Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible.

  • Occupation, Democracy and Co-ops

    I hung out a while yesterday at the Vancouver Occupation, and was impressed with their efforts at radical democracy. Many in the mainstream press have…

  • Recent Immigrants and the Crisis

    It is no secret that times of  high unemployment and precarious work are especially tough for new and recent entrants to the job market, notably…

  • Occupy Protests … It’s About Time!

    Here is my commentary published in the Globe and Mail (web edition) on Sunday, regarding the wonderful Occupy Together events held in Toronto and almost 1000 other…

  • O’Leary breached CBC standards, Ombudsman rules

    It took just a week following the airing of an “interview” on CBC television’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange for the public broadcaster’s Ombudsman, Kirk…