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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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Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
TC Energy is trying to use NAFTA provisions to punish the US government for cancelling Keystone XL. Canada should intervene against the fossil fuel company.
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Lack of affordable housing in Nova Scotia requires urgent action
It’s time for the provincial government to step up for tenants
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Landmark health care case spotlights problems of a profit-centred system
In April, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear a case involving the constitutionality of legal limits on private finance in health care. A…
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“Parental choice” is a dog-whistle—let’s recognize it as such
It’s less about choice, and more about privilege, privatization, populism, and patriarchy
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High cost of austerity
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 23, 2023 After winning the 2016 provincial election, then-premier Brian Pallister moved Manitoba’s department of Indigenous and…
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Canada and the U.S. are using free trade rules to attack Mexican food sovereignty
Ongoing USMCA case will test the agreement’s bias in favour of biotech companies and genetically modified foods
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Our recommendations for the 2024 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2024 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
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Sustainable Jobs Act: another plan to make a plan
New federal just transition legislation falls short on support for workers and communities
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Mining in Nunavut: Lack of Effective Oversight Leads to “Willful Disobedience”
The conflict over Agnico Eagle’s gold mine is a symptom of a larger problem—mining companies are operating without real constraints.
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The UK’s Accession to the CPTPP is a threat to Indigenous Rights in Canada
The trade agreement may impact Canada’s ability to implement UNDRIP
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Open letter on regulating platform work from BC experts in labour law, policy and economics
The following is an open letter released today led by the CCPA–BC and the Centre for Future Work. It is signed by 61 leading experts…
