Minimum wages as economic stimulus?
The Alberta Federation of Labour has an excellent minimum wage campaign, called “15 is fair”. I provided some research support for a paper they produced on the positive economic impact…
Minimum wage
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Oxfam points out the latest World Wealth Report showing that extreme inequality and wealth continue to grow around the globe. And AFP reports…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Coyne argues that the Senate's role in overruling elected representatives - which only seems to be growing under the Trudeau Libs -…
New column day
Here, on Shawn Fraser's attempt to move Regina toward a living wage - and the the sad delay tactics in response from Michael Fougere and the rest of City Council.For…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Murray Dobbin is hopeful that we may be seeing corporate globalization based on unquestioned neoliberal ideology come to an end: There is no definitive…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andre Picard writes about the widespread poverty faced by indigenous children in Canada - and the obvious need for political action to set…
Who earns minimum wage?
Minimum wages have been getting a lot of attention lately. And for good reason. Workers earning minimum wage often struggle to get enough hours, don’t have predictable schedules or advance…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Karen Palmer writes about a push by U.S. doctors to follow in Canada's footsteps with single-payer health care - even as a few profiteers…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ben Casselman writes that rather than looking to manufacturing jobs alone as a precondition to gains for workers, we should instead focus on the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Martin Lukacs highlights the Canadian public's broad support for the Leap Manifesto - and the opportunity available to any party willing to put its…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Tyler Hamilton offers a roundup of the growing threat of climate change - and Canada's shameful contribution to making it worse. - Andy Blatchford…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Robert Frank discusses the essential role of luck in determining the opportunities we have - and how the advantages of a strong social fabric…
Andrea’s Damascene Moment
In the Book of Luke, Jesus is reported to have said the following:I tell you that ... there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- The Star makes the case for a new crackdown on Canadian tax cheats to not only merely recover money withheld, but also to…
Now This Is The Kind Of Story I Like To Read About
The opportunity to report about something positive in the kind of blog I write is rare. For example, while reports abound of corporate theft and paltry remuneration for the workers…
A Little Hard To Swallow
Despite the fact that I think and write a great deal about the disparities and inequities that plague our society, I am almost embarrassed to admit that until now, I…
Pondering The Precariat
California, as you have likely heard, is raising its minimum wage to $15 by 2022. Although the efficacy of the increase is being hotly contested, with some claiming it will…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- GOOD Magazine neatly sums up what the world would look like on the scale of 100 people - and how patently unfair wealth inequality…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Duncan Cameron discusses how deficit hysteria has overshadowed the far more important issues raised by the Trudeau Libs' inaugural budget:Ottawa deficit spending is not…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- CBC exposes the galling amnesty deal offered by the Canada Revenue Agency to wealthy individuals who evaded paying tax through a sham offshoring…