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Nearly 200 arrests and counting
Image: Rogue Collective (Flickr Creative Commons) The build started with a single West Coast cedar tree. In the early hours of March…
Ontario budget throws down the election gauntlet
In its waning days before a June election, with the opposition breathing down its neck, the Ontario government threw down the gauntlet…
Five things to know about the 2018 Alberta Budget
Alberta’s 2018 budget was tabled on March 22, 2018. The official name of this year’s budget is Budget 2018: A Recovery Built to…
It’s time: Alberta needs a sales tax
Alberta is the only Canadian province without a sales tax. That needs to change. With its own sales tax, Alberta could afford…
Homelessness and employment: The case of Calgary
On March 8, I gave a guest presentation to students in Professor Naomi Lightman’s Sociology of Work class at the University of Calgary.…
$15 minimum wage or a tax cut: what are the trade-offs?
In the lead up to the June 7th election in Ontario, the minimum wage continues to be a hot button issue.
Canada’s labour market: It’s stronger than you think
Last week’s national jobs report may have included some shocking numbers but looking more closely at the data shows that the Canadian…
Work Life: Government’s Directive is No Excuse
Labour Rights Prevail First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 9 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Manitoba Labour Board issued…
Work Life: Outsourcing Municipal Waste Kicking Workers to the Curb
Two new garbage and recycling contractors began operating across Winnipeg last October. The 7-year deal replaced Emterra and Progressive with Miller and…
Subsidized Housing With Supports Needs More Support
Lessons from WestEnd Commons Stable and affordable housing is a central component in improving people’s quality of life. In light of a…
Fast Facts: Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system
Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system. It provides a specific form of housing: housing that has been removed…
Fast Facts: Should Manitobans trust nuclear burial plans?
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2018 There was a time when a plan to bury highly radioactive materials…