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Will Canada’s Federal Budget meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
A year ago, COVID-19 crashed the world economy. How and where the federal government invests now will determine if we “Build Back Better” or allow rampant inequality to persist.
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.
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?
Nothing about us without us
After a year of seeing the racially-lopsided impacts of the pandemic in Canada I think that the framework I proposed in my October 2019 TEDxToronto talk is ripe for reconsideration.
When it mattered most
How Canada’s decades-old digital divide left communities disconnected during COVID-19
COVID-19: Neoliberalism’s Chernobyl
COVID-19 has been called neoliberalism’s Chernobyl with good cause. The capacity of our public system to adapt in the face of a sudden and major threat had been all but undermined by four decades of underfunding, leaving the hollowed out remains scrambling to adjust course.
Tripping over TRIPS
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Who is picking up the COVID-19 tab in Saskatchewan?
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Queen’s Park is still holding back funds that could save lives
You might think that means the provincial government is pulling out all the stops to save lives, but you’d be wrong.
Provinces sitting on billions in unspent emergency funds as COVID-19 rages
Money for health care, long-term care, housing and essential worker supports left on the table READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA––Canada has earmarked $374 billion…
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