Chuka Ejeckam is a political researcher and writer, and works in the labour movement in British Columbia. He focuses on political and economic inequity and inequality, both within Canada and as produced by Canadian policy. Read Ejeckam’s regular column here.

This is an excerpt from rabble’s special election Off the Hill political panel, “No time to waste: beyond the status quo” hosted by Robin Browne. Off the Hill is rabble.ca‘s thought-provoking live panel on current issues of national significance, from a progressive and critically applied perspective you won’t find anywhere else. Discussions are centered on impacts of politics and policy on people and mobilizing to bring about progressive change.

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