Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Getson insulted more than a million Albertans who were helped by the benefit in the face of the COVID disaster and expressed a level of contempt for working people. |
News
Anika Nykanen
| Advocates say the end of pandemic support programs will inflame B.C.'s rental crisis. |
Blog
Doreen Nicoll
| Compared with the $71 billion that CERB will cost for just 24 weeks of payments, GLI could be a more fiscally responsible means of providing Canadians with financial security. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| Reforms to Canada's employment insurance system are necessary, say workers' advocates. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| The NDP leader worries punitive measures could have unintended consequences, and could easily sweep up people who simply applied in error. |
Blog
Nicholas Erwin-Longstaff
| If a basic income were to be introduced in Canada, it is unlikely the left would be in a position to ensure its implementation would safeguard the social safety net. |
Blog
Penney Kome
| The pandemic is showing us all our weaknesses. We have time to correct them, before we destroy the planet in the endless pursuit of profit. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Twitter users were quick to point out to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's Aaron Wudrick that any horse hoping to defraud Ottawa of CERB funds would need a valid social insurance number. |
Columnists
Rick Salutin
| Emergency spending by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be going well -- and that fact appears to be making right-wing ideologues nervous. |
Columnists
Karly Wilson, Pro Bono
| Voices supporting the rights of disadvantaged groups were either excluded or ignored when "urgent" COVID response programs were crafted. The result is a response that puts bandages on deeper problems. |
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