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    Where does the climate movement go from here?

    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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    March 1, 2021
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    The decline of collectivity

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    February 28, 2021
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    Our “right to housing” needs some teeth

    While homeless encampments serve as some of the most jarring visual depictions of Canada’s housing crisis, they are not the only manifestation of the problem.

    February 28, 2021
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    Waiting to count

    We know the value of disaggregated data. So why are 2SLGBTQQIA+ experiences still missing from government data collection?

    February 28, 2021
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    No plan, big problem

    The pandemic response is showing that undermining state planning capacity for four decades has resulted in states with low planning capacity. Who could have expected…

    February 28, 2021
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    Monitor Print
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    Nothing about us without us

    After a year of seeing the racially-lopsided impacts of the pandemic in Canada I think that the framework I proposed in my October 2019 TEDxToronto…

    February 28, 2021
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    When it mattered most

    How Canada’s decades-old digital divide left communities disconnected during COVID-19

    February 28, 2021
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    Province has fiscal room to stop the suffering and serve the public interest

    Austerity during a time of economic crisis is more damaging than previously thought, still, Manitoba continues apace with its privatization agenda.

    February 28, 2021
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    Building on, and honouring, the Monitor’s past

    Introducing the new Editor of the Monitor and celebrating the magazine’s rich history.

    February 28, 2021
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    COVID-19: Neoliberalism’s Chernobyl

    COVID-19 has been called neoliberalism’s Chernobyl with good cause. The capacity of our public system to adapt in the face of a sudden and major…

    February 28, 2021
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    A cure for deficit and tax phobia

    About the authorAlex Himelfarb

    February 26, 2021
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    Brad Wall Hydro Report Brings Privatization Failures to Manitoba

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    February 26, 2021
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