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The politics of inflation: The good, bad and the ugly
It has been a long, long time since Canadians had to worry about high inflation
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Power, profit, and the politics of inflation
The Consumer Price Index (the major measure of inflation) rose 8.1 per cent in June compared to last year—the biggest jump in almost 40 years.
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The great unaffordable North
Inflation is coupled with wildfires and loss of infrastructure to create an affordability problem unlike anywhere else in Canada
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Inflation and the general ineffectiveness of monetary policy
There is no denying that inflation has become a major economic and political problem, reaching almost double digits in many industrialized countries. Canadians hear about it, and we certainly see it at the pumps and in the grocery stores, with many increasingly struggling to meet their weekly and monthly expenses. The fundamental question that we must ask now is what can our institutions do to bring inflation back down?
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The financialization of rental housing in Canada
Canada is experiencing a permanent rental housing affordability crisis, which has only intensified since the COVID-19 pandemic began. At the same time, we’re seeing a greater consolidation of rental housing apartments by financial firms, accelerating the “financialization of rental housing,” a trend underway in Canada since the 1990s.
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Cost of food at a crisis level
As we grapple with yet another wave of COVID, the parallel poverty crisis in Toronto has been exacerbated past its breaking point and will have enduring societal impacts.
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What’s so bad about growth?
All of us are trained from an early age to be big fans of growth. We want children to grow. We want flowers to grow. We want gardens and trees and crops to grow. Growth is good, that’s the idea.
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Barriers and opportunities: How Canadian activists see degrowth
Degrowth is a social movement and field of research founded on the premise that perpetual economic growth is incompatible with the biophysical limits of our planet.
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Understanding Inclusive Infrastructure Investment in Canada
The case for embedding inclusion in all infrastructure planning, from start to finish.
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The playful undertones of radicalization
When it comes to understanding the Freedom Convoy and right-wing extremism, play offers a unique entry point.
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We need to talk about 1907
One hundred and fifteen years ago this September, downtown Vancouver was beset by thousands of protesters rallying against Asian immigration to Canada. Examining this event offers important lessons for understanding the modern-day Freedom Convoy.
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Writing links to the past
The Monitor sits down with award winning poet, playwright and author Terry Watada to discuss his work and the importance of Canada facing the troubling history of Japanese internment.
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