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Quality, not just quantity, of news outlets matter—especially in rural Canada
Communities in Canada—particularly smaller communities—are starving for local news coverage.
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Why You Should Care About Austerity
Québec’s government has radically reduced its spending growth because it has decided that we need to tighten our belts collectively. Since spending growth in some areas…
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A better way: Toronto’s chance to make transit fares more affordable
Toronto City Council will meet July 8 to vote on the development of a transit fare equity policy for the GTA. The proposed fare equity…
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Temporary agency workers struggling with low pay and economic insecurity: CCPA report
New report proposes reforms to better protect those employed through temporary agencies CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A report released today by…
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Precarious
Temporary Agency Work in British Columbia Attachments Precarious: Temporary Agency Work in British Columbia — SUMMARY About the authorAndrew LonghurstAndrew Longhurst is a senior researcher…
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Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention
Imagine you just got a new job. But instead of a permanent job for an indefinite period of time, you are told that this near-minimum…
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Uncorking the Liquor Lobby in Saskatchewan
As the debate over liquor privatization in Saskatchewan begins to heat up, a common refrain from the current government is that arguments for the superior…
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Work Life: Seeds Planted for Green Economy in Manitoba
Last week, I was in Winnipeg and elsewhere in southern Manitoba for a roundtable and a series of field visits. Representing the Green Economy Network…
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Why workers should unite against Canada’s next-generation trade deals
(This article was first published by Rabble.ca as part of the Up! Canadian Labour Rising series.) The Harper government has made new trade and investment agreements…
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We need a new approach to tackle Canada’s growing privacy deficit
Canadians everywhere have a new reason to thank the Supreme Court after a historic judgment on June 13 threw government spying plans into chaos. The…
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No future for tar sands
The tar sands exist because of a perfect storm of conditions. The right markets, the right incentives, the right policies, and governments willing to work…
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Never free, never cleared
Canada’s ongoing terror obsession Two Canadian judicial decisions released in late May remind us that national security is incompatible with democracy: the former almost always…
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EDITORIAL: Supreme Relief
In the lead-up to Canada Day, the Association for Canadian Studies asked 1,509 people, “What keeps Canada united?” It’s a loaded question for sure. (How…
