Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Lana Payne comments on the combination of low wages and nonexistent security attached to jobs for younger workers. And Catherine Baab-Muguira examines the…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Mary O'Hara reviews Daniel Hatcher's new book on the U.S.' poverty industry which seeks to exploit public supports for private gain:(A) new book published…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Noah Zon points out that while it's impossible to avoid rhetoric about eliminating "red tape" for businesses, we've seen gratuitous barriers put in…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Phillipe Orliange discusses the significance of inequality in the developing world as a problem for both fairness and economic development:The question of inequality has…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Rafael Gomez and Juan Gomez offer a look at the state of Canadian workplace democracy, as well as some useful proposals to improve…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Christopher Jencks discusses why the U.S.' poor are only getting poorer (in part due to the misapprehension that social programs aren't available) in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Nick Dearden discusses how the latest wave of corporate power agreements - including the CETA - stands to undermine democracy in participating countries:Like the…
“Top 7 Reasons You Can’t Trust Kinder Morgan”, Pipelines
A new report outlines the "Top 7 Reasons You Can't Trust Kinder Morgan" and the energy giant's proposed $5.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The post “Top 7 Reasons…
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…
Oil Sands workers call for training in Renewable Energy
A group of oil sands workers are calling on the Alberta government to support the training of 1,000 out of work electricians as solar specialists. With plans to facilitate the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman writes that we're far closer to a major energy transformation than many people realize - but that public policy decisions in the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Will Wachtmeister reviews Malcolm Torry's book of arguments for a basic income, focusing in particular on social cohesion and innovation as important reasons…
David Sizuki: Paris Agreement marks a global shift for climate
The Paris Agreement is the "first universal accord to spell out ways to confront climate change", marks a global shift, argues environmentalist David Suzuki. The agreement requires Canada and other…
Green Energy Pioneer Bullfrog Power Talks Energy Landscape
Bullfrog Power is an inspiring Canadian green energy success story. Since 2005 Bullfrog pioneers in providing easy solutions for large businesses like Walmart, Unilever, and RBC as well as individuals…
Green Energy Pioneer Bullfrog Power Talks Energy Landscape
Bullfrog Power is an inspiring Canadian green energy success story. Since 2005 Bullfrog pioneers in providing easy solutions for large businesses like Walmart, Unilever, and RBC as well as individuals…
David Suzuki: UN climate talks offer hope for humanity
As talks continue at the Paris climate conference, David Suzuki sees "signs of hope for an agreement to limit the escalating effects of global warming" and a more constructive role…
COP21: 140 Physicians Demand Bold Canadian Action Against Climate Change
More than 140 Canadian physicians and medical students have signed a letter demanding bold Liberal action on climate change after the COP21 conference. The post COP21: 140 Physicians Demand Bold…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Edwards discusses the availability of a gradual transition to clean energy while avoiding more than 2 degrees of climate change - but…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robert Reich writes about the growing disconnect between the few well-connected people who have warped our political and economic systems for their…
Big oil, pipelines, Trudeau, and energy security for Canada
Why does the Canadian government continue to subsidize the oil industry with billions of dollars a year when the environmental crisis demands the opposite, and when investment in energy efficiency,…