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Ed Finn: A Journalist’s Life on the Left
Born in Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland, in 1926, Ed Finn grew up in Corner Brook, where he later became first a printer’s apprentice, then a reporter,…
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Upstream: Talking differently about health
Yet political conversations about health still tend to fall into familiar traps. When we talk about health we return by reflex to doctors and nurses,…
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Reversing the growing inequality among provinces
The decade long petro-boom has caused major distortions in the Canadian economy, and has driven growing interpersonal and interprovincial inequality. The flood of petro-revenue into…
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Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
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Toronto-Centre: Ground Zero for Canada’s Income Inequality Debate
For the first time in Canadian history, an election is being waged on this question: Which political candidate do you trust to reduce income inequality?…
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us? We Can Close It.
Two candidates in an upcoming federal by-election have made income inequality the main topic in Toronto-Centre. The CCPA’s growing gap team created a short primer…
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Upstream thinking, healthy society and reviving Canadian democracy
Social factors play a significant role in determining whether we will be healthy or ill. Our health care is but one element of what makes…
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A Canada Without Compassion: A Modest Proposal from the Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute would like to remove compassion from the policy debate about poverty in Canada. Why? Because, according to the author of this report, Christopher…
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Labour Shortage? Raise Wages!
I have been hard on our new Employment and Social Development Minister, Jason Kenney, for buying into a widespread myth about labour shortages and skill…
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