The Rise of Investor Ownership and the Housing Crisis with Jeremy Withers
According to the data, more and more new housing is being purchased without the intention of being the home that the buyer lives in.
Economics for the Working-Class
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Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Why is Canada lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to industrial policy, and how can industrial strategy help Canada take serious climate action?
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Profits? Productivity? Affordability? Talking Economics with Angella MacEwen
In today’s apparently well-performing capitalist economy, working-class ordinary Canadians aren’t feeling like they live in a “Good Society” and acutely feel these economic pressures.
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Basic Income for a New Model of Canadian Social Democracy
Now is the time for the democratic left in Canada to develop a workable and comprehensive version of basic income as a key policy instrument, and not a sideline consideration.
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Bank of Canada Independence Vs. Accountability
The origin of the concept of central bank independence is a critique of social democratic ideas prevalent during the middle part of Friedman’s career.
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Addressing the Rise of Investor Ownership of Housing, Part 1: Assessing the Scale and Impacts across Canada
Ownership of housing is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of wealthy Canadians, fostering a worsening status quo for everyone else.
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A Common Platform for a Green Industrial Transformation
Across Canada, public investments totalling $188 billion over five years in these key priorities are urgently needed to drive a prosperous green transformation.
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Competition and Co-ops: MP Dan Blaikie on Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act
What will this amended piece of legislation do for ordinary, working-class Canadians to make groceries affordable again, and does it go far enough? How has market concentration contributed to higher grocery receipts? Why should incentives for building more co-op housing be included in the final version of the bill?
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Soutenez l’interdiction fédérale de recourir à des travailleurs de remplacement : lettre ouverte concernant le Projet de loi C-58
En adoptant le Projet de loi C-58, le Parlement a une occasion historique de faire progresser les droits des travailleurs et d’améliorer les relations de travail dans les lieux de travail sous réglementation fédérale.
