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Toronto’s new mayor’s $1 billion problem
Toronto’s new progressive mayor Olivia Chow will be facing an immediate $1 billion deficit—and there’s no simple solution.
Pat Armstrong can teach us about the road ahead
Looking at the career of one of Canada’s leading feminist political economists
Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
TC Energy is trying to use NAFTA provisions to punish the US government for cancelling Keystone XL. Canada should intervene against the fossil fuel company.
Lack of affordable housing in Nova Scotia requires urgent action
It’s time for the provincial government to step up for tenants
“Parental choice” is a dog-whistle—let’s recognize it as such
It’s less about choice, and more about privilege, privatization, populism, and patriarchy
High cost of austerity
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 23, 2023 After winning the 2016 provincial election, then-premier Brian Pallister moved Manitoba’s department of Indigenous and…
Canada and the U.S. are using free trade rules to attack Mexican food sovereignty
Ongoing USMCA case will test the agreement’s bias in favour of biotech companies and genetically modified foods
Sustainable Jobs Act: another plan to make a plan
New federal just transition legislation falls short on support for workers and communities
Mining in Nunavut: Lack of Effective Oversight Leads to “Willful Disobedience”
The conflict over Agnico Eagle’s gold mine is a symptom of a larger problem—mining companies are operating without real constraints.
The UK’s Accession to the CPTPP is a threat to Indigenous Rights in Canada
The trade agreement may impact Canada’s ability to implement UNDRIP
Alberta carries on as the world burns
Shift Storm newsletter—May 2023 edition
Bell and MTS Timeline
Based on “For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Privatization of the Manitoba Telephone Services and its Impacts” by Doug Smith 1880 Bell Canada founded. A…
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