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Ed Finn
Giving Till It Hurts
Charities help needy, but also help governments deny help Of the roughly 150,000 non-government organizations (NGOs) in Canada, about 40% have charitable status. This means they provide services that Revenue…
The Corporate Frankenstein Monster
Plundering, pillaging, and polluting the planet for profit Three decades ago, when I started sounding the alarm about the growth of corporate power, very few other writers or analysts seemed…
The “Big Business Bang” Theory
Social, economic, environmental ills all have the same cause [An earlier version of the following essay was written seven years ago, but this updated version is just as topical and…
Thinking the Apocalyptic Unthinkable
Oil-dependent “civilization” faces collapse before mid-century Whether our “civilization” will survive this century is now — or should be — the main concern of everyone. It’s no longer a far-fetched…
Inequality At Its Worst
The Scrooges in Canada are stealing our kids’ Christmas On Christmas morning this year, how many children in Canada will wake to find no toys from Santa, no new clothes…
Government’s Forgone Income
Huge tax cuts, uncollected taxes starve our social programs “Where’s the money coming from?” That’s the question thrown at any individual or group seeking increased funding for Medicare, education, child…
No News is Bad News
Lack of fair labour reporting fuels the anti-union attacks Journalism was always the career I wanted, almost from the time I learned to read and write, and I was fortunate…
Let’s Give the Labour Movement Its Due
Unions are society’s builders, not strike-happy wreckers Given a word-association test, the response of most Canadians to the word “union” would be “strikes.” How else could they be expected to…
Reform Capitalism or Scrap It?
It’s not just the climate that’s damaged by capitalism At the recent World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, some among the world’s business and political élites were clearly on the…
The Shortcomings of Philanthropy
Philanthropy no substitute for a truly just society When U.S. investment guru Warren Buffett donated $31 billion to the foundation headed by software mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda,…
Parliament no longer the place to fight for a just society
My interest in federal politics is rapidly declining. From now on, I’ll be paying little or no attention to parliamentary antics for the next four years. Under Canada’s grotesquely undemocratic…
Now It’s Up To The Provinces
Premiers don’t require federal help to implement Pharmacare Canadians generally are not as wildly and uncritically patriotic as Americans. We don’t continually wave the Maple Leaf flag and boast about…
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