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Five books to understand… a pandemic
In this new Monitor feature we invite a prominent Canadian to provide a reading list for better understanding a pressing topic.
Funny. Fearless. Unapologetically feminist.
In loving memory of Kate McInturff
Doing more with less
Time for a National Action Plan to combat violence against women
By the numbers: Race, gender and the Canadian labour market
Canada’s population is increasingly racialized. The 2016 census counted 7.7 million racialized individuals in Canada. That number represented 22% of the population, up from 16%…
2019 Federal Government Mandate Letters
s part of our annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) process, we have put together a series of mandate letters outlining some of the priorities we…
COVID-19: It’s a different story for high-income earners
There is a lot of money in this country, much of it in Ontario. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has redistributed it upwards. With the Ontario budget just…
Why the next Ontario budget must redistribute wealth
These days it’s a trite observation to say that COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on just how unequal life in Ontario is. Some people have…
The Monitor, March/April 2021
One year later Download 5.4 MB “More than an infectious pathogen,” writes Michal Rozworski in his feature analysis for this issue, “the novel coronavirus is…
The decline of collectivity
The glue that holds any society together is faith that institutions, no matter how flawed, will always be committed to serving and protecting people from poverty, unemployment, sickness, and other afflictions. In Canada, that glue is coming unstuck.
Our “right to housing” needs some teeth
While homeless encampments serve as some of the most jarring visual depictions of Canada’s housing crisis, they are not the only manifestation of the problem.
Waiting to count
We know the value of disaggregated data. So why are 2SLGBTQQIA+ experiences still missing from government data collection?
No plan, big problem
The pandemic response is showing that undermining state planning capacity for four decades has resulted in states with low planning capacity. Who could have expected this?
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