Accidental Deliberations: #Elxn44 Roundup

The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Victoria Nicolau reports on the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s campaign scorecard, showing the NDP well ahead of other parties in addressing the issues facing Indigenous women. And Omayra Issa and Theresa Kliem talk to young Indigenous people in Saskatchewan about what

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Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emma Paling discusses the reasons why repeated warnings about Canada’s third wave of the coronavirus went largely unanswered. And Rachel Bergen reports on another national call among doctors for a COVID-19 circuit breaker, this time with a focus on stopping the spread of

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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Evening Links

Assorted content for your mid-week reading. – Christine Boyle, Penny Gurstein, Matthew Norris and Jim Stanford make the case for a public option in housing. And PressProgress documents how for-profit seniors’ homes are dominated by board members with no knowledge or experience in caring for people’s health. – Toby Sanger

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Accidental Deliberations: New column day

Here, on the new year’s early reminders of the generous treatment of corporations and their CEOs compared to workers. For further reading…– David MacDonald’s look at CEO pay is here (PDF). – And Toby Sanger’s study of corporate tax freedom day is here (PDF). From that, I’ll particularly highlight this

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