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Addressing child poverty during COVID-19
Doreen Nicoll | Campaign 2000 believes it's time to think beyond standard fiscal fixes and bank bailouts. Instead, they are calling for social solidarity, government leadership, and non-partisan co-operation.
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Bill Morneau's COVID-19 response: This economic and health crisis is no time for timidity or hesitation
David J. Climenhaga | Countries that come out of this worldwide phenomenon fastest and in the best condition will be the ones willing to spend more and spend fast.
News
Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu. Image: Patty Hajdu/Twitter
Government must extend EI to low-income and gig workers
Karl Nerenberg | Most Canadian workers do not have paid sick leave, and those who benefit from such leave are disproportionately in the upper income category.
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Downtown Vancouver. Photo: Magnus Larsson/Flickr
High rents put housing out of reach in most Canadian cities -- new report
Karl Nerenberg | The big takeaway is that a society cannot count on the private sector alone to provide rental housing. The government must play a major role.
Podcast
NAFTA 2.0
Trade NAFTA 2.0 for a better deal
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's Canada Report July 12 to 19, 2019. The proposed replacement for NAFTA is not good enough. U.S. labour also opposes NAFTA 2.0. The LabourStart Report. And more.
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Love and spreadsheets: Kate McInturff in her own words
Kate McInturff | The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative mourns the loss of feminist researcher and scholar Kate McInturff.
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B.C.'s Climate Leadership Plan was cooked up in Calgary boardroom of powerful petroleum lobby
David J. Climenhaga | It turns out the B.C. Liberals' Climate Leadership Plan was drafted by industry representatives in the Calgary boardroom of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers!
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Ralph Klein in 1992 (Screenshot of CBC broadcast)
Mapping the 'Kleintastrophe' -- veteran journalist and researcher tracks energy policies of past Alberta PC governments
David J. Climenhaga | Gillian Steward recounts how the Klein government allowed an industry dominated “task force” on oilsands development to pass itself off as a neutral agency with ties to the government.
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Tanker in port (Wilimedia Commons)
Report questioning tidewater premium for Alberta petroleum undermines a powerful narrative
David J. Climenhaga | Alberta politicians invested in the tidewater premium tale aren't going to like David Hughes' report one bit. Expect more fireworks.
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Rachel Notley
Rachel Notley's tough talk on pipelines evokes the Peter Lougheed Era of energy policy confrontation
David J. Climenhaga | The "Asian premium" and "tidewater premium" for Alberta bitumen are myths spread by governments and pipeline proponents, argues earth scientist David Hughes.
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Shannon Daub (Photo: David Climenhaga)
Who needs old-time climate-change deniers when we've got the 'New Climate Denialism'?
David J. Climenhaga | The New Climate Change Deniers ask: Why take the flack for denying the reality of climate change when you can have the same effect and get credit for being "green"?
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Progressive budget measures? Thank the CCPA
Stephen Kimber | What if our finance minister chose Canadian values over the interests of a privileged minority?