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The $1 trillion question: Why we are asking you to tax our inheritance
An estimated $1 trillion is moving from the bank accounts and real estate portfolios of the Baby Boomers into the hands of their children.
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What if we viewed tax time as a harvest festival?
Where we collectively gather the resources to support one another
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Extreme wealth is deactivating our democracy
We must address the root of the problem: the distribution of power and wealth
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Extreme wealth: Time to change the rules of the game
This edition of the Monitor collaborated with the Resource Movement, a community working toward the redistribution of wealth, land, and power.
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Digital divergence splits another WTO ministerial
As the international moratorium on taxing digital trade lapses, Canada and others seek to make it permanent through a controversial agreement
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Ontario is underfunding public health care—and private health care is the beneficiary
$3 billion dollar funding gap drives privatization and downloads costs onto Ontarians
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The 2026 Ontario budget neglects core provincial responsibilities
The 2026 budget fails to address the core responsibilities of provincial governments.
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Canada’s EV shift is stuck between a rock and a hard place
About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…
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AI data centres: From boom to backlash
As the public becomes aware of the downside of AI data centres in their community, the need to tightly regulate the industry is becoming clear.
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“Critical minerals” strategy is going down a cynical road
As the U.S. and China compete for control of strategic minerals and technology, Canada should prioritize climate action over geopolitics.















