Jan 21, 2021
Front-line worker: A comprehensive definition
Chelsea Nash
Front-line workers have been hailed as heroes over the course of this pandemic, but who gets to decide who is and isn't a front-line worker?
analysis
Jan 14, 2021
Paid sick leave is a good idea whose time has come
Karl Nerenberg
In a time of pandemic, unpaid leave provisions for workers seem woefully inadequate -- not only for the well-being of workers, but for the safety of the rest of us.
Jan 8, 2021
What the pro-Trump insurrection in Washington means for Canada
Karl Nerenberg
On the very day violent extremists seized the U.S. Capitol Building, our federal government warned us about the rise of far-right extremism here in Canada.
Dec 18, 2020
'The Crown' ignores Canadian role in fight against apartheid
Karl Nerenberg
"The Crown" never mentions Canada, but in real life, Canada and its prime minister played a crucial role at the 1985 Commonwealth meeting dramatized in an episode.
Dec 17, 2020
World Bank made pandemic worse for developing countries: Oxfam
Karl Nerenberg
A new and well-documented report from Oxfam details the highly unequal distribution around the globe of COVID-19-related social protection.
Dec 10, 2020
Out-of-work hotel workers say taxpayer money should help them and not big banks
Karl Nerenberg
Profitable corporations do not need even more Canadian taxpayer assistance than they have already received during the pandemic. Laid-off workers do need the help.
Dec 8, 2020
Doug Ford reverts to anti-environment self
Karl Nerenberg
Conservation authorities have long had a central role in regulating development in Ontario. The Ford government's 2020 budget bill eviscerates their power.
Dec 1, 2020
Freeland must do more to gain progressives' support for economic statement
Karl Nerenberg
The government's 2020 fall economic statement is sweeping and ambitious in its rhetoric, but more modest when it comes to details. If the measure loses in the House, we will have a pandemic election.
Nov 27, 2020
On his way out, Trump threatens survival of Northern Indigenous people
Karl Nerenberg
With time running out, the president is pushing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling process forward, hoping to make it irrevocable.
Nov 25, 2020
Blueprint for fixing our disastrous long-term care system
Karl Nerenberg
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed catastrophic weaknesses in Canada's patchwork system for housing and caring for the elderly and disabled. The government needs to act.
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