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Katherine Scott
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Platform Crunch: Health care, child care, and the care economy
The pandemic cut a swath through our public services, and they still haven’t recovered. Health care and community service workers have been working flat out…
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This International Women’s Day, it’s time to fight
The reactionary attacks on women, gender-diverse people, and all marginalized people are accelerating dramatically. It’s up to us to put a stop to it.
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Which Canadian workers will be hit hardest by a trade war with the United States?
On February 10, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada. This comes despite the 30…
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Promise and performance: What Justin Trudeau leaves behind
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was stepping down as Liberal leader on January 6, following months of speculation and mounting pressure from colleagues and…
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What was the point of Canada’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement?
December 16, 2024 was a raucous day in Ottawa, with the sudden departure of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the morning she was scheduled to…
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Justice Murray Sinclair’s legacy must live on
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Canada Disability Benefit
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a charitable research institute and Canada’s leading source of progressive policy ideas, whose work is rooted in the…
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The Trudeau Record: Promise v. Performance
The record of what has been done–and what hasn’t–will surprise even well-informed readers. The book is on shelves now. Readers should check out their local…
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Surging youth unemployment demands our full attention
Young people have been hit hard by unemployment this summer, according to July’s labour force report. With the school year set to begin, many young…
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Beyond Recovery Data Dashboard
Women’s economic standing in Canada in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Unequal pandemic, unequal recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020 not only threatened people’s health but exposed and exacerbated entrenched inequalities. Women bore the brunt.
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A timeline: The pandemic’s impact on women in the workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic upended women’s economic gains, wiping out 35 years of progress in two short months.
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