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An Apple a Day
We need real health care, not an illness-treatment system A few years ago, one of the Wizard of Oz comic strips showed a doctor standing outside his office glaring across…
The Charge of the Left Brigade
Changing governments can bring change only in a democracy George Bernard Shaw used to tell the story of how he encountered “the man who lost his keys.” Walking home from…
No Excuse for Inequality
Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable and that its eradication was…
No Excuse for Inequality
Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable and that its eradication was…
Hedging Our Bets?
Liberal class is dead in the U.S. But what about Canada? Last month in this space I bemoaned the mounting power and influence of ultra-conservative politicians and business leaders. I…
Back to the “Good” Old Days
Child labour rampant in Asia, serfdom on the rise here “The disparity in income between the rich and the poor is merely the survival of the fittest. It is merely…
Speaking Truth to Power
A reader on Canadian women’s inequality Download 166.64 KB126 pages Contributors: Pat Armstrong * Sheila Copps * Eve-Lyne Couturier * Shelagh Day * Jane Doe * Martha Friendly * Josephine…
The Infinite Economic Growth Myth
Profit maximization now a fatal corporate priority While on my summer vacation, I try to isolate myself for a few weeks from the worsening global troubles that beset us all….
Looking on the Bright Side
There’s still good reason not to become a pessimist You may have missed the news about a recent study by the Mayo Clinic on optimism and pessimism. The study over…
Scapegoating the Poor
Let’s start blaming the plutocrats, not their victims There’s an old African proverb that is becoming uncomfortably apt to apply to human behaviour in Canada: “As the waterhole gets smaller,…
Coming Down from Mount Olympus
National pride, to endure, must have a strong foundation The tidal wave of patriotism unleashed by our country’s performance in the Olympics is subsiding, but in most Canadians the euphoria…
Oh, Oh, Canada
We’d be prouder if our country lived up to its potential Canadians generally are not as wildly and uncritically patriotic as Americans. We are not chauvinists. We don’t continually wave…
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