A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Katherine Scott
Katherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as a researcher, writer and advocate over the past 20 years, writing on a range of issues from social policy to inequality to funding for nonprofits.

Tariffs are beginning to bite but it’s public sector workers who are taking the biggest hit these days

Le fossé salarial entre les hommes et les femmes s’est rétréci mais il demeure inacceptablement profond

The gender pay gap has narrowed but remains unacceptably wide, with the average woman earning only 72% of what men earn

The government’s support package for workers and business will need to be scaled up if we are to successfully build a strong and independent future

OPSEU workers are dealing with more work, less funding, and lower wages. So they’re fighting back

A funding reprieve for women’s groups as the government pushes forward with its broader austerity program

A third of single mothers are poor and the federal government is failing to act

Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same

On International Women’s Day, a reminder of the work that remains to be done

The post-pandemic recovery opened the door to better jobs for some female workers but the wages and working conditions of low-waged workers remain unchanged

The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.

The federal government generally does a better job at pay equity—ensuring equal pay between men and women, racialized groups, Indigenous peoples, and so on—than the…
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