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Fast Facts: Proposed parental control of schools remains baffling
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 23, 2021 A teacher hands a child his report card in the morning, and…
The Rise and Demise of NAFTA Chapter 11
Download 724.63 KB 62 pages The removal of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the renegotiated NAFTA was a critical victory for democratic…
NAFTA investor lawsuits cost Canada more than $376 million and remain a threat: report
Canada remains vulnerable to costly NAFTA investor–state lawsuits even after removing the controversial dispute settlement process from the renegotiated NAFTA deal, according…
New report calls on federal government to table promised Just Transition Act
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT The federal government must move to implement ambitious and comprehensive legislation to support workers and…
Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea
As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the…
Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19
Preschool-age fees rise in 27 of 37 large Canadian cities while many sites face existential crisis READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Full-time…
Trade Agreements Like NAFTA Are a Menace to Democracy
On his first day in office, US president Joe Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. The partially…
The Monitor, March/April 2021
One year later Download 5.4 MB “More than an infectious pathogen,” writes Michal Rozworski in his feature analysis for this issue, “the…
If We Want to Clean Up the Oceans, We Have to Confront the Fossil Fuel Giants
Andy Morffew (Flickr Creative Commons) Throughout 2019, we saw multiple variations on the same grim headline: “Dead Whale Found With 48…
Fast Facts: The government of Manitoba is failing Manitobans every step of the way in their pandemic response and needs to do better
No one in the world has had all the answers, and there are bound to be mistakes and missteps. But the chronic…
CCPA joins global campaign to #MakeAmazonPay
Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to trillion-dollar global logistics, internet, merchandising and entertainment behemoth was fast and ferocious. Behind the same-day deliveries and…
Multinational corporations already using new NAFTA to block action on plastics
The world is drowning in plastic. The sheer volume and variety of plastics on the market, and their persistence in nature, create…