Federal COVID-19 aid needs speed, and space to grow
The sooner affected workers can make the financial decision to stay home from work, the more effective public health measures will be in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
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Let’s shore up workers today while thinking of the future in light of COVID-19
We must come to terms with the crisis before the crisis— the steady rise in very insecure and low paid work which leaves far too many individuals and families one pay cheque away from disaster.
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Building health: Canada’s opportunity to improve housing affordability
Housing stability, quality, safety, and affordability all affect health outcomes. Adequate financial investments and ambition are required to achieve this.
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Fair taxes and global capitalism
Falling effective rates of tax on corporate profits have greatly undercut government revenues, with no overall economic gain.
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The short-sighted vision of conservative educational policy
When in power, conservative governments across Canada have a record of not only undermining and defunding public education, but also proposing and implementing policies that grant private schools more resources and power.
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Reflecting on Ocasio-Cortez and a bold opportunity for democratic socialist organizing in Canada
People want to be given something to fight for, something that inspires them, that makes them go out and vote, that makes them believe in the political system again.
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Globalization, democracy and Robert Kuttner
By decommodifying health services, pensions, the right to unions, and other social services, they showed that with political will in these aspects of life the power of the market could be and should be broken if real democracy is to be achieved.
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When income tax cuts leave you worse off
The real fiscal choice in the election is between tax cuts which deliver small benefits to many, or ambitious investments in public services which deliver a much bigger and fairer bang for the fiscal buck.
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Falling short on the National Housing Strategy
The success of any policy initiative, particularly one as important and complex as a national strategy, lies in the details of how promises and programmes are delivered.
