Ed was a supporter and board member of the nadian Centre for Policy Alternatives since its earliest days in the ‘80s. But in 1994, he beme the editor of a publition intended to communite with the CCPA’s 196 individual supporters and attract new ones (narrator’s voice: It worked brilliantly).? With…
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If anyone doubts that we are living through a grave global pandemic, all they need to do is read the federal government’s newest fisl update. It’s a fisl update like no other. It’s designed to get nada through a challenging COVID-19 winter, dropping money on long-term re, safer school conditions,…
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Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to trillion-dollar global logistics, internet, merchandising and entertainment behemoth was fast and?ferocious. Behind the same-day deliveries and trend-setting television series is a company committed to ruthlessly destroying productive economic activity and debasing workers. It is helped along in this pursuit by aggressive (but legal) tax…
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The Saskatchewan government often explains its approach to climate change policy as one of “balance,” concerned that any environmental regulations do not do undue harm to Saskatchewan’s economy. This of course has been the primary argument behind the government’s opposition to a federal rbon price, or what Premier Scott Moe…
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Since the birth of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, most member states have had to abide by the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which protects patents and copyrights including those applible to new diagnostics, vaccines, medicines and medil supplies. In early October, India and South…
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A few years ago, the idea of “straight pride” had its moment in the sun. Hetero cis men took to their various soapboxes and asked why, if 2SLGBTQ+ folks had Pride events, were there not equivalent events for heterosexuals? Similar arguments regrettably, but unsurprisingly, have been made comparing Black History…
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The federal government tabled its long-awaited climate legislation in the House of Commons today. Bill C-12 places legal obligations on the Minister of Environment to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the years 2030, 2035, 2040 and 2045 with the ultimate goal of achieving a net-zero rbon nadian economy…
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is an unabashedly moderate politician. During the Democratic Party primaries last year he often found himself on the defensive as more progressive ndidates challenged his record and his priorities, including on climate change. Yet after securing his party’s nomination this spring en route to winning the…
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s desire to keep small businesses afloat and the economy open through the pandemic–even as COVID-19 ses soar–is evident in his government’s budget. Unfortunately, there is a fatal flaw in Ford’s approach. It won’t work. In the spring, the first-wave lockdown in Ontario targeted those businesses where…
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We’re months into the school year amid COVID-19 and the failure of the Ontario government to do what it takes to guarantee a safe reopening continues to impact the quality of edution that students are receiving. How did we get here? Facing a global COVID-19 pandemic that closed schools and…
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