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Gender equality in Canada going nowhere fast: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Progress towards gender equality in Canada has stalled, says a study released today by the…
Work Life: “We asked for workers; we got people instead”
The above quote, by one of Swiss author Max Frisch’s characters, succinctly captures the inherent conflict between employers and workers. Employers want…
Climate damages litigation could cost Canadian oil & gas companies billions: study
OTTAWA—Canadian oil and gas companies could be liable for billions of dollars of damages for their contribution to climate change, according a…
Fast Facts The First Rung on the Ladder: community-based literacy programming in public housing complexes
A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy and the importance of programs that promote literacy. This is especially…
Testing the human right to water in Detroit
In March, the beleaguered—some would say besieged—city of Detroit, Michigan announced it would begin shutting off water services to between 1,500 and…
Capitalism vs. Us
A review of Naomi Klein’s new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” Naomi Klein writes important books and has very…
Monitored: The costs of liquor privatization
The Monitor turned 20 this May and to celebrate the milestone we’re introducing a new regular section. Monitored will delve into the…
Temporary foreign workers need more rights, not better enforcement of flawed policy
On June 20, Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney announced a raft of changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker…
Lots of talk about trade barriers but deregulation lies between the lines
(This article also appeared on the Huffington Post blog.) Canada’s premiers are in Charlottetown for their annual Council of the Federation meeting…
Ten areas of regulatory failure that contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Lac-Mégantic disaster
My report, Willful Blindness?, released today, summarizes the regulatory failures behind the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. The federal government has so far not acknowledged…
New report chronicles regulatory failures behind Lac-Mégantic
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—In advance of tomorrow’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) final report into why a train loaded…
Piqued by Piketty
It seems rather clear that the main theories in French economist Thomas Piketty’s best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century are irritating a number of…