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First do no harm? Weight stigma by the numbers
Decolonizing the food justice movement also requires us to examine the deeply held anti-fat biases that permeate many of these spaces. The Monitor Index details how deep this bias goes and how damaging it is.
Platform Crunch: Is health care on trial during the pandemic election?
Health care is rightly taking center stage during this pandemic election and much is at stake.
Learning to raise and cook food from nana, not a book
Bress ‘n’ Nyam and the Black farmers who are returning to the countryside to steward the land.
Provinces have upped their COVID-19 spending, but feds still picking up most of the tab
Federal and provincial direct pandemic spending now totals around $423 billion READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Compared to the beginning of this year, provincial governments…
Platform Crunch: Conservatives release five key planks
We dive into what the Conservative Party has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
No plans to spend $2.2 billion in found money, Ontario says
A multi-billion dollar budgetary windfall is an opportunity to tackle some of our most pressing challenges.
Platform Crunch: NDP releases commitments ahead of anticipated federal election call
We dive into what the NDP has promised ahead of the 44th Canadian election.
No Nova Scotian Should Have To Work Sick
The Urgent Need for Universal and Permanent Paid Sick Leave Legislation Download 455.47 KB25 pages This report, titled No Nova Scotian Should Have to Work Sick,…
National child care plan would add up to tens of thousands in savings for many families
In some cities parents could save over $10,000 annually, per child, by 2022 and almost $20,000, per child, by 2026: new CCPA analysis OTTAWA—Parents in…
Employment impacts of COVID-19 in BC highly unequal, especially based on gender and race
Major new study zeros in on first year pandemic job market data READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — Some job creation can be expected…
Rushing back to “normal”: Are we leaving the most vulnerable behind?
The rush back to some semblance of normalcy is understandable, but this sentiment can’t blind us to the work ahead.
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