Carney caves to Trump and the tech industry
US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 Meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta. Photo courtesy the Government of Canada. On Sunday night, Canada’s finance minister an...
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Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post
Canada Post mailbox in Markham, Ontario. Photo by Raysonho/Wikimedia Commons. If you’ve heard anything about Canada Post recently, it’s probably that it’s losing money. A lot of money. And there...
Billionaires won’t save us
More Elon Musks will not save the planet, but will keep us following false solutions while the planet burns, writes Paris Marx. Image by Canadian Dimension. Thomas Friedman is at…
Justin Trudeau’s smoke and mirrors climate policy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault hold a press conference at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on November 2, 2021. Photo from Twitter. In…
Joe Biden and the new climate denialism
US presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at an event with voters in the gymnasium at McKinley Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, January 4, 2020. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. The…
Jean Chrétien’s austerity made Canada less prepared for COVID-19
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien speaks at an event in 2013. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The history of the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien and his finance minister Paul Martin…
We Need a Robust CBC Now More Than Ever
CBC logo under magnifying glass. Photo by Marco Verch/Flickr. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a surge of web traffic from people stuck at home and eager to keep up…
A Canadian Green New Deal is Alberta’s best hope for the future
A Green New Deal sign is held up in front of the sculpture “The Crier” by artist Gerhard Marcks near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sept. 20. Photo by…
Aaron Bastani’s ‘luxury communism’ is a false future
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto Aaron Bastani Verso, 2019 Fully Automated Luxury Communism is Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani’s attempt to turn a popular meme into a political manifesto.…