Cost of home today is double the amount in weeks of labour time compared to 1970s
Are residential properties becoming less affordable over time, and as a result less accessible or plausible for those with lower- or median-incomes?
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Climate policy and Canadian social democracy
If we recognize the overlaps between different sectors, drawing dichotomies between “green” and fossil fuel jobs are unhelpful. We really need to think about how our existing set of skills and resources can be leveraged to build a low-carbon economy.
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Remarks delivered by Ed Broadbent at Progress Summit 2016
Global experience has also shown that a proportional system has other important benefits: it can help elect more women and other underrepresented groups; it can drive an increase in voter turnout; and there’s even evidence that it can foster more egalitarian societies.
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Why we need a practical approach in the basic income debate
A well-designed system of income tested benefits for low income workers, including disability benefits, is needed to set a basic income floor for all Canadians and to replace our inadequate and punitive social assistance system.
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Progressives and the guaranteed income debate
In the current rush to experiment with guaranteed livable incomes, let’s not forget the hard won battles to decommodify certain things we value like health care.
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Canada and the TPP: continuity or change under the Liberals?
Will the Trudeau Government have the courage to listen to concerned Canadians and acknowledge that “free” trade and investment deals have run their course?
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The global slump and the monetary taboo
Turner is clear that any move in this direction should be undertaken by central banks, not by governments seizing control of the printing press, and is certainly aware of the risk of inflation if directly financed deficits get out of hand.
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Moving from good optics to sustained action on climate change
What countries that have got their emissions under control have is a well-institutionalized process for integrating the monitoring of emissions trends and the policy making process, and to develop real-time policy adjustment in the face of evolving emissions trends.
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Federal government can lead on climate in Paris. Here’s how
It is crucial that Canada’s INDC provides a serious, quantifiable strategy for reducing oil sands emissions — either by curtailment of future expansion, or through improved extractive and refining efficiencies.
