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politics
April 12
Karl Nerenberg
| New Democrats and Liberals both had their conventions this past weekend. Liberal delegates were more focused on winning the next election and less on policy debates than their NDP counterparts. |
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rabble news
April 1
Karl Nerenberg
| Long-term care for the elderly is the weak sibling of Canada's health system. If we did not know that previously, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven it conclusively. |
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rabble interview
March 25
Chelsea Nash
| Karen Messing's new book is an intervention into the sex- and gender-based challenges of work. |
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politics
March 25
Karl Nerenberg
| Craig and Marc Kielburger, the two brothers who founded WE Charity, have decided to play aggressive offence as they push back against the members of Parliament investigating them. |
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rabble news
March 22
Karl Nerenberg
| Jeremy Corbyn spoke with hundreds of Canadians this past weekend, in an online event organized to raise funds for Progressive International. |
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analysis
March 17
Chelsea Nash
| Uber has invested hundreds of millions into avoiding the reclassification of its workers as "employees" worldwide. |
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rabble news
March 16
Karl Nerenberg
| A new report looking at the inequitable worldwide distribution of vaccines points its finger at Canada as typical of "unseemly and unfair vaccine grabs" by wealthy countries. |
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analysis
March 10
Karl Nerenberg
| Isn't it time we cut the apron strings with the British Empire, once and for all? |
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politics
March 5
Karl Nerenberg
| The current Liberal minority has arguably been working quite well, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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rabble news
March 2
Chelsea Nash
| "COVID Chronicles" is preserving workers' experiences for future historians. |
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politics
February 25
Karl Nerenberg
| The purpose of the NDP's pharmacare bill was to advance a process to which the Trudeau government claims it is fully committed. And yet the governing Liberals voted against it. |
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in their own words
February 24
Nili Kaplan-Myrth, Amy Tan
| Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth brought together a group of health-care experts and advocates to talk with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about disparities in access to COVID-19 vaccine across Canada. |
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arts/media
February 23
Karl Nerenberg
| A new Heritage Minute marking Black History Month puts the spotlight on jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Before he rose to prominence, the musician had an important early mentor: his sister Daisy. |
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rabble news
February 18
Chelsea Nash
| The sex worker rights organization Work Safe Twerk Safe says the Ontario government's order to close strip clubs while bars remained open was discriminatory. |
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rabble news
February 15
Chelsea Nash
| A coalition of Ontario unions have filed evidence in their legal challenge against Bill 124. |
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analysis
February 10
Karl Nerenberg
| Canada has no governor general, for the time being at least. Does anyone care? Should anyone care? |
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rabble news
February 2
Karl Nerenberg
| NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to take steps to eventually abolish for-profit long-term care -- and while they're at it, rebuild domestic vaccine production capacity. |
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rabble news
January 27
Karl Nerenberg
| The Public Health Agency of Canada has been struggling to fulfill its role since the onset of the pandemic. That's the shocking conclusion of an internal federal government review. |
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politics
January 21
Karl Nerenberg
| There is now a chance -- if, perhaps, only a slim one -- the new U.S. government will reform anti-democratic practices that plague the U.S. election process. |
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analysis
January 21
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? |
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analysis
January 14
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. |
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politics
January 13
Karl Nerenberg
| NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has suggested the government list the far-right group Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders agree that it's a good idea. But is it? |
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rabble news
January 12
Chelsea Nash
| All travellers coming to Canada must obtain a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but the requirement means migrant workers must pay hundreds for the test out of pocket. |
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analysis
January 8
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. |
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politics
January 5
Karl Nerenberg
| Here we are, a mere year and a quarter from the last federal election -- and in the midst of a frightful and deadly pandemic -- yet, believe it or not, Ottawa is full of election talk. |
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analysis
December 18
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. |
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analysis
December 17
Karl Nerenberg
| A new and well-documented report from Oxfam details the highly unequal distribution around the globe of COVID-19-related social protection. |
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rabble news
December 15
Karl Nerenberg
| Politicians should not forget their pledge to enact and make real both of these long-promised measures. |
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opinion
December 14
Evelyn L. Forget
| The Canada Emergency Response Benefit was not a basic income, but it demonstrated that such a program is possible right now. |
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rabble news
December 11
Chelsea Nash
| If the city were to mandate special licensing for Uber and Lyft drivers, then labour organizers could more easily identify a bargaining unit. |
