Ontario’s priority should be public health—not profits and police
The Ford government’s public health priorities have failed almost unceasingly to deliver the results we need to put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo from Twitter. As the third…
Dan Darrah
Grocery’s long war: Part I
Workers participate in Manitoba’s 1987 Westfair strike. In the summer of that year, grocery store workers at 12 Westfair stores went on a bitter 125-day strike against a company push…
Basic income is on the table in Canada. Is it the fight we want?
While the pandemic economy is far from behind us, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)—Canada’s chief unemployment benefit—is soon coming to an end. Many on the left have since begun…
Toronto Needs a Bailout for the Ages
Toronto skyline taken from the CN Tower. Photo by VV Nincic/Flickr. As the poster child for financial calamity, it should surprise no one that COVID-19 has essentially set Toronto ablaze.…
In the Time of COVID, Laissez-Faire Comes to Bear in Ontario
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been praised for his government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, but his “hands-off-the-market” approach is simply a continuation of neoliberal, small-government ideas. Photo by Richard…
Forget Basic Income—In Canada, the New Normal Should Bring a Public Housing Revolution
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, Canada needs a public housing revolution more than ever. As of 2019, there were more than 66,000 empty houses in Toronto. Photo from…