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CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Index

CC – Loop – 4 Col Blog Index

July 11, 2023

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  • packages of prescription drugs
    Health Care
    News & Commentary
    Public Health
    National Office

    Money makes drug regulation go round at Health Canada

    In one of the songs in the musical Cabaret, there’s a refrain that goes “Money makes the world go round”. That’s true in most areas,…

    April 3, 2025
  • International
    News & Commentary
    Trade
    National Office

    Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers

    Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power. 

    April 2, 2025
  • Pile of plywood sheets, made in Canada
    News & Commentary
    Trade
    National Office

    Watering down public procurement rules is the wrong way to move internal trade

    Over the past few months, federal, territorial and provincial governments have committed to reducing internal trade barriers in response to Trump’s tariffs on Canadian exports…

    April 2, 2025
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    Labour & Worker’s Rights
    News & Commentary
    Trade
    National Office

    During Trump’s trade war, protecting the working class should be top of mind

    As we await tomorrow’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement from the White House, the threat to Canadian jobs couldn’t be clearer.

    April 1, 2025
  • Democracy & Electoral Rights
    International
    The Monitor – Full Issues
    National Office

    The Monitor – Spring 2025

    These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to safeguard our democracy.

    April 1, 2025
  • Image source: Wikicommons
    Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    Ask the ancestors

    The election of Donald Trump on November 5, 2025 shocked people across Canada and the world. Americans chose him as their 47th president and rewarded…

    April 1, 2025
  • markered drawing of texts with conspiracy theories
    Monitor Print
    News & Commentary
    The Monitor
    National Office

    The rise of zany conspiracy theory politics

    British Columbia has long had a reputation as Canada’s most progressive province.

    April 1, 2025
  • Image source: iStock
    Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    What if we stop knowing what’s true from what isn’t?

    “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”—George Orwell, 1984.

    April 1, 2025
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    Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    If you value democracy, stop expecting free news

    Last January’s panic over Meta overlord Mark Zuckerberg’s firing of Facebook fact checkers once again revealed a sense of entitlement among many Canadian users who…

    April 1, 2025
  • Red background, white image of pillars breaking down
    Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    Time to lean in to the foundational values of democracy

    President Donald Trump ran on improving standards of living in the U.S., but one of his first acts in office included slashing programs that provide…

    April 1, 2025
  • Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    View of democracy from its smallest cog

    Since 2007, I’ve been a volunteer on seven election campaigns at the federal, provincial, and municipal level. I have done most tasks that a small…

    April 1, 2025
  • Monitor Print
    The Monitor
    National Office

    Hennessy’s Index: Proportional representation

    In 2021, Fair Vote Canada marked the 100-year anniversary of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada. (Dear reader: We…

    April 1, 2025
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  1. Money makes drug regulation go round at Health Canada
  2. Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers
  3. Watering down public procurement rules is the wrong way to move internal trade
  4. During Trump’s trade war, protecting the working class should be top of mind
  5. The Monitor – Spring 2025
  6. Ask the ancestors
  7. The rise of zany conspiracy theory politics
  8. What if we stop knowing what’s true from what isn’t?
  9. If you value democracy, stop expecting free news
  10. Time to lean in to the foundational values of democracy
  11. View of democracy from its smallest cog
  12. Hennessy’s Index: Proportional representation

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    Trade
    National Office

    As the U.S. drops the ball on forced labour, Canada must pick it up

    Almost five years after Canada’s July 2020 ban on importing goods produced using forced labour, we have very little to show for it. Canadian Border…

    June 4, 2025
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    Race & Anti-Racism
    Reports
    National Office

    Still struggling: Racialized workers in the post-pandemic labour market

    Racialized workers in Canada faced extra challenges during the pandemic. The recovery has been equally difficult.

    June 3, 2025
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    Trade
    National Office
    June 4, 2025

    As the U.S. drops the ball on forced labour, Canada must pick it up

  • Beyond Recovery
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    COVID-19
    Employment & Labour
    Employment & Labour
    Income/wages
    Income/wages
    Race & Anti-Racism
    Race & Anti-Racism
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    June 3, 2025

    Still struggling: Racialized workers in the post-pandemic labour market

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    National Office
    May 28, 2025

    Canada’s most expensive election promise was climate inaction

  • Labour & Worker’s Rights
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    Trade
    National Office
    May 28, 2025

    Canada’s private sector workers need labour law reform

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