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Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
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BC’s human rights inquiry into hate incidents better late than never
Last month, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) announced it had been monitoring incidents of hate and white supremacy, noting a significant increase…
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Will BC enact a robust paid sick days plan, or will corporate power derail it?
British Columbians are on the cusp of winning a meaningful right to paid sick days—if the powerful corporate lobby doesn’t get its way. Paid sick…
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Nova Scotia needs a seniors’ plan that centres conditions of care
We need to build a care economy that recognizes care as a fundamental component of our basic social infrastructure.
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Platform Crunch: The Bloc’s election commitments
A dive into what the Bloc Québécois has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
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Underspending at Queen’s Park should set off alarms
At no time in the last decade has an Ontario government underspent its annual targets by 6.6%.
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Still no paid sick leave for Nova Scotian workers
A mandatory paid sick leave policy will ensure that all workers have access to paid sick leave, regardless of where they work.
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Beyond health care
The unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences is not in any sense a ‘natural’ phenomenon but is the result of a toxic combination of poor social…
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Platform Crunch: The Green Party platform
We dive into what the Green Party has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
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Robust wealth tax could raise $363B over 10 years
Amid a rise in extreme inequality, the idea of an annual tax on the wealth of the super-rich has risen to prominence in recent years…
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Canada’s dual public health crisis
Giving advice that’s difficult or impossible to follow is where the inequitable response to COVID-19 has met the inequitable and inadequate responses to the overdose…
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For climate’s sake, Canada Pension Plan needs to take a serious look at its investments
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) manages the pensions of 20 million Canadians. In a recent Corporate Mapping Project report, we found that the CPP has…
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Failed Screen Test: Hybrid learning and the misuse of online education in Ontario
Districts confronting a third year of disruption, with a mandate to deliver full-time online education, are normalizing the pandemic hybrid model.
