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Finding joint answers to common problems with Carlos Heredia
Carlos Heredia is an influential Mexican civil society activist and academic who played an important role during the debates on NAFTA in the early 1990s.…
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How domestic and transnational activism helped transform labour law in Mexico
During the last eight years, a monumental transformation of the labour justice system in Mexico has taken place. New labour reform legislation went into effect…
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The CUSMA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism
Thanks to transnational worker organizing, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) dramatically improves upon the weak labour protections in the original NAFTA. What’s more, the new agreement encourages deeper…
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Not just a train, and certainly not Mayan
Among the many Indigenous struggles taking place throughout North America, the high-profile resistance to a flagship project of the Mexican government shows how transnational alliances…
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Migrant solidarity and transnationalism in the San Diego-Tijuana region
The border cities of San Diego and Tijuana have become a lightning rod for political debates about migration in both the United States and Mexico.…
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If Canada wanted reconciliation, it would stand with Palestine
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More privatization is not the answer for BC health care
Leading up to the 2024 election, the BC Conservatives are promising major health care reforms, in particular a greater role for private health care. More choice and competition, they claim, will “unleash the power of private-sector innovation” and reduce wait times. There’s good reason to be skeptical of such claims. . This post looks at how we pay for health care in BC and the perils of flirting with privatization.
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New book tracks how neoliberalism gutted Canada’s social services
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Who should build our electric cars?
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Out-of-control rents
CMHC, “Rental Market Survey Data Tables,” 2023. For a notable exception, see John Rapley, “Canada’s approach to housing is bad for the economy,” The Globe…
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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was an expensive mistake
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What is the “rental wage” in my neighborhood?
Across Canada, rents are out of control. In 2019, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives introduced the concept of the “rental wage” to Canada. The rental…
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