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Status First Nations child poverty rates deplorably high
Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada—released in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)—tracks…
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The health benefits of taking a vacation
In 2006, when I was co-founding the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ national income inequality project, we did focus groups asking Canadians to tell us…
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National Indigenous Peoples Day
In preparation for tomorrow, we have put together a short list of resources for you to get in the spirit of the festivities.
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What do we want? Pharmacare. When do we want it? 2019.
I will never forget that time, years ago, when I went to the pharmacist’s counter to pick up my prescription, worrying about the cost during…
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Public health offers potent climate solutions
Right on cue, Western Canada is once again covered in smoke from forest fires, historic flooding is plaguing Eastern Canada, and tornado clusters are touching…
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The case for Health in All Policies
No other province in Canada is on a public spending teardown quite like Ontario, where the daily newsfeed is filled with spending cuts (Alberta may…
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Ontario public health cuts will endanger the public
The Ford government also proposes to reduce the amount of public health units from 35 down to 10 over the next two years.
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The case of affluenza
I’m beginning to think there are two kinds of people in life: Marie Kondo devotees and those who say “Marie who?”
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The truth about taxes
In Ontario, where I live, news of devastating provincial funding cuts keeps pouring in.
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If you fall, who will catch you?
Emotions ran high in Hamilton last week as the community celebrated participants who took a leap of faith to join Ontario’s first-ever basic income pilot…
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Ontario turns its back on evidence-based alcohol policy
Ontarians like to drink—a lot. The latest numbers show that the average person over 19 in this province spends $741 a year on booze.
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Is your city designed for women?
Last September someone invited women to tweet about what they would do if men had a curfew.
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