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Alberta’s senior care expansion program is a real estate subsidy
Alberta’s Continuing Care Capital Program is shovelling public dollars into private real estate
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Knowledge under siege: Charting a future for universities
In a democracy the university must question governments and other power structures, in service both of current society and what we aspire to
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Why fascists fear teachers: Public education and the future of democracy
Teachers who encourage critical thinking are a threat to fascists who celebrate gut feelings of fear and rage
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First they came for the unions: How governments learned to love union busting
Over the past two years Quebec has seen a deliberate dismantling of the right to strike, the most powerful tool workers have ever held
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Editorial: The fourth R stands for “resistance”
We are indebted to those who continue to remind us that while the stakes are high, so too must be our standards when it comes…
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Budget as border: How public systems quietly decide who gets left out
The system begins to fails a student as soon as a budget determines how much or little care, space, and attention the system can afford
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Mel Myers: For Manitoba’s unions
Mel Myers was for over three decades Manitoba’s most prominent union-side labour lawyer, and one of Canada’s very best.
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Le déficit de financement des écoles de l’Ontario continue de s’accroître depuis 2018, pour atteindre les 6,5 milliards de dollars
Le sous-financement chronique est le problème; ce n’est pas la mauvaise gestion financière. On demande aux écoles année après année d’en faire plus avec moins
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Ontario school funding shortfall continues to grow, reaching $6.5 billion since 2018
Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.
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Not up to code: The potential downside of hyperscale data centres in Vancouver’s downtown
Residents living in close proximity to data centres report difficulties sleeping and other health problems
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New data shows food insecurity is still a national issue in Canada
Statistics Canada data shows food insecurity is near its worst point since the agency started collecting data
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There are no trade risks to becoming an Apartheid Free Community
Debunking the myths about Canada’s trade-based procurement restrictions
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Nuclear disarmament is more important than ever
Mark Carney’s “rupture in the world order” has parallels with discussion about the future of nuclear weapons
