Homelessness, harm reduction and Housing First
I was recently invited to give a presentation at a two-day event discussing the overdose crisis and First Nations, with a focus on southern Alberta. My presentation focused on homelessness,…
Housing
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sigal Samuel reports on Gary Bloch’s work in prescribing secure incomes to address health problems arising out of poverty. And Murtada Haizer and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Emilie Prattico comments on the need to move past an economy that generates billionaires and widespread precarity in order to ensure that collective…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Bob Hepburn discusses how Doug Ford has turned a populist campaign into government solely for the benefit of the privileged few. And Paul…
What Impact will the 2019 Federal Budget have on Canada’s Housing Market?
I’ve written a blog post about what the recent federal budget means for Canada’s housing market. Points I make in the blog post include the following: -The budget contains several…
The UN Cares About Your Local Housing Crisis
Without a doubt a global housing crisis is hurting all of us. In the majority world basic housing needs aren’t being met while in the richer minority world owning a…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Clemente is the latest to point out how the Trump Republicans’ tax cut scheme served only to further enrich the already-wealthy. And…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted material to end your week. – Nick Falvo writes that artificially low taxes at the expense of Saskatchewan’s well-being are nothing to brag about: (T)axes can help finance important…
Low taxes are nothing to brag about
I’ve written an opinion piece that appears in today’s Regina Leader-Post. The piece argues that the Saskatchewan government shouldn’t brag about the province’s low-tax climate (which it recently did). Rather,…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Will McMartin writes that if we needed more evidence that Jason Kenney’s trickle-down economics are nothing but a scam to concentrate more wealth…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right…
New column day
Here, on how the federal Liberals and provincial Saskatchewan Party are both unduly concerned with optics around “balance” rather than budgeting for the good of their constituents. For further reading…–…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Sandy Garossino offers a reminder of the large-scale corruption – including bribery supporting dictatorial regimes and multiple instances of illegal practices in Canada…
Berlin’s Housing Crisis Solution is to Buy Houses
Not Berlin, but a good city nonetheless. If you’re like me and was born in the 80s then you’ve lived through a time in which housing policies have been gutted…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Finn writes that the Trudeau PMO’s interference on behalf of SNC-Lavalin confirms Canada’s plutocratic rule under Libs and Cons alike. And…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Desmond writes about the large number of economic and social benefits from paying workers a living wage. And Stephanie Akin reports on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eugene Robinson writes about the need to respond to climate breakdown with ambition rather than undue hesitation. Martin Wolf rightly points out that…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig offers up a set of proposals to help American families toward economic security. And Andrew Jackson has some suggestions to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Paul Krugman duly mocks Donald Trump’s attempt to turn any discussion of social investment into a threat of “socialism”: Some progressive U.S.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Larry Elliott reports on Oxfam’s latest study on wealth inequality, showing that 26 extremely rich people now own as much as half…