It’s time for the NDP to embrace democracy
Photo by Obert Madondo/Flickr Even before the abysmal final election verdict was announced, leftists were analyzing what was clearly amounting to a collapse of the federal NDP. There are...
Colin Bruce Anthes
In Canada’s housing policy circles, the land crisis remains unmentionable
North York, a suburban area in the Toronto region. Photo by Caribb/Flickr. “Consider what rent is. It does not arise spontaneously from the land; it is due to nothing the…
Canada needs a federal community wealth building agenda
The non-profit Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) is promoting economic democracy and empowering the local community to address Toronto’s affordability crisis. Photo by Sandro Pehar/Instagram. In the midst of…
Why we should swing post-carbon tax talk left
For the last 40 years, the carbon tax has been the market-based approach to climate change most favoured by right-wing economists. Photo by Edward Kimmel/Wikimedia Commons. In 2012, Republican presidential…
The apocalyptic doublethink of Poilievre’s economics
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre appears in front of Sudbury’s iconic Big Nickel to talk about inflation. Image courtesy of Pierre Poilievre’s YouTube channel. “There are parts of his “Debtonation”…
For one week, can Canadians please talk about land instead of housing?
Photo by Joseph Kiesecker/Flickr Build a house in Wainfleet. Build the identical house in downtown Toronto. Bring them both to market the same day. The “housing” is exactly the same,…