Economy

an update on police violence (still heppening - everywhere) and a report on the quebec student strike (with a piece from Stefan Christoff). also, the NP calls for fascist repression...

Most British Columbians would agree that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes.

Changes to the EI rules announced by the federal Conservative government today are not rooted in any lengthy policy rationale.

The contrast between how responsible, well-governed countries have managed the fiscal consequences of resource development, and how we have managed this in Canada, does our country little credit.

By urging fiscal restraint and encouraging austerity, Harper and his G8 summit colleagues in 2010 totally misread the direction of the world economy, and have made a bad economic situation much worse.

The government has just released the 2012-13 Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP), which provide more clarity on total federal job losses by 2015.

As soon as it won its coveted majority, the Harper government put the pedal to the metal on the trade front, with a stampede of new free-trade deals.

There are broad hints that new rules for EI will force some to take lower paying work. New rules for thousands of migrant workers mean lower pay for many of them. Where is this all leading?

There has recently been a renewed interest in the question of whether the ecological crisis means we need to see a decline in economic growth. But my view is that this debate is largely distracting.

The significant changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program which are to be quickly implemented through Budget 2012 with very little consultation have not received enough critical attention.

Those who believe the financial meltdown was a one-off fluke and that lessons have been learned to prevent a re-occurrence, need to think again. Derivatives operations bedevil the world economy today.

Canadians owe the people of Greece our solidarity in the face of this overwhelming crisis. We also owe ourselves a detailed understanding of all of this.

The high-and-mighty vitriol which greeted Tom Mulcair's comments last week about the downside of oil-powered currency appreciation is lamentable.

If the 1 per cent are still winning the brutal class war, the 99 per cent are not yet surrendering. Portents of hope are everywhere.