Alberta gets it right on $15 minimum wage
This is the kind of bold leadership needed in the rest of Canada to make headway on combatting inequality, poverty and to create the conditions for a growing economy that benefits everyone.
Opinion
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Rising right-wing populism and the failure of global economic governance
Despite ultra loose monetary policy, business investment is very low due to inadequate overall demand.
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On Reconciliation, the government can and must do more
The progressive left has the opportunity to show leadership and use the federal government’s stated commitment to implement the TRC calls to action and usher in truly transformational change.
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Left and liberal colour blindness imperil real change for Black people
The unseen commitment to these systemic white supremacist logics mean that even those claiming a commitment to change unconsciously act out a negation to blackness and Black people.
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Ed Broadbent: reflections on a mentor and professor
Canadians are lucky to have Ed as a public figure, but one Canadian at least was lucky to have had him, for a few years back in the mid-60s, as his professor.
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Brexit vote underlines need for a reformed globalization model
It is to be hoped that political forces across Europe are up to the challenge of making the EU a force for economic and social progress as seemed to be the case in the 1980s.
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Ontario’s climate plan and the promise of mobilizing markets and society
For Ontario to meet its goal of transitioning towards a decarbonized society it needs a carbon price alongside more technology and sector specific policies. There are still some unanswered questions regarding how Ontario will ensure these latter policies are comprehensive and effective.
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Indigenous children and racial discrimination as fiscal policy
First Nation children are denied equal access to health care supports and services, and receive significantly less per capita funding for their education and far less funding per capita once in care despite this greater need.
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Energy transition can drive global jobs recovery
Truly massive public and private investments will have to made in research, in energy conservation and in the production of renewable energy over the next few years if we are to meet and exceed the goal recently set in Paris to stop to avoid global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees.
