coronavirus

FEEL THE COMPASSION!!!

Finally, a provincial announcement about how Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable can meet their basic needs in a public health emergency which is depriving thousands upon thousands of people of income… Individuals…

Tuesday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anton Jager and Steven Klein discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a particularly strong clash in rhetoric between people advocating…

Monday Afternoon Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Noam Scheiber, Nelson Schwartz and Tiffany Hsu point out how the social isolation required in response to COVID-19 is only confirming and exacerbating…

Sunday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Bush reminds us that the hoarders worth being concerned about are the ones accumulating obscene amounts of wealth at the expense…

On universal relief

Aside from the usual mantra that “NDP = CPC!”, one of the most regularly-repeated Lib talking points criticizing the NDP’s work trying to get coronavirus relief to all Canadians has…

Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Derek Thompson reports on Denmark’s wage subsidies which are finally being mimicked by other countries including Canada. And Duncan Cameron points out how…

Wednesday Afternoon Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brendan Kennedy reports on the massive job losses being caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Jackson offers his suggestions to provide immediate help…

Conventional Wisdom!

Deathly serious? Or downright hilarious? It would be rude to suggest the Saskatchewan Party government should be able to appropriately classify a pandemic. Meanwhile, Scott Moe’s entire economic plan for…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kenan Malik discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of the UK’s social and economic structures: The economic burden imposed…

Coronavirus: Key Facts

“Acting true to form as the US military-intelligence community propaganda agent it is, the Washington Post recently published an opinion piece asserting, “America Needs To Be on a War Footing.”…

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