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Enshittification, artificial intelligence, and the privatization in public education
“At this point, enshittification is complete. Platforms no longer function to provide either an optimal user experience or an optimal business experience. They only provide…
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An Adult Conversation About Taxes
To paraphrase the immortal words of Ronald Reagan, here they go again. “Middle-income friendly tax cuts.” “Tax cuts, a balanced budget within four years, no…
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Why Minority Government is Good for Canada
About the authorsSeth KleinSeth Klein is a CCPA-BC research associate and the former CCPA-BC Director. His research deals primarily with welfare policy, poverty, inequality and…
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Canadians Working Too Much?
Despite all the political scandals, very distinct political visions for this country, and recent attempts by political leaders to get Canadians to “rise up”, there doesn’t seem…
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From “Meh” to We
More people are paying attention to politics during this election than in the 2008 election. Still, the majority doesn’t seem to much care about the big,…
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The Legend of Zero
The corporate tax debate is ratcheting up to a new level among some opinion-makers: Since lower corporate taxes increase economic growth, why not cut them…
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From The Missing Issues File: Poverty Reduction
Seems odd that Harper would crow about his economic management, even while about 1.5 million Canadians remain unemployed. Nor would the government be well-advised to…
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Debt By 1,000 Tax Cuts
Stephen Harper knows he can’t come right out and reveal his radical agenda to downsize government. But if he gets his majority, expect Harper to…
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Temporary Foreign Workers and the Election: A Major Issue Getting Scant Debate
An election should be a time to discuss key policy directions. One of the biggest policy transformations in the Harper era has been the enormous…
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Harper Strategists Working From US Republicans’ Playbook
As someone who studies political communication, I am struck by the success, if not the ethics, of the Harper Conservatives’ political marketing strategies. Branding and…
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Canada’s Caribbean Tax Holiday
There has quite rightly been a lot of discussion about corporate taxes during this election campaign, but very little discussion about cracking down on tax avoidance,…
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Fast Facts: And now for some un-conventional wisdom…
All the responses to the 2011/12 provincial budget in the April 13 Winnipeg Free Press speak with one voice that is critical of this year’s…
