Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Giri Sivaraman and Jim Stanford challenge the right-wing dogma that unions – and unions alone among private actors – should be expected to…
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Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Hugh MacKenzie comments on the continued need for an adult conversation about public revenue, including the importance of bringing in enough in taxes…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ed Finn offers a reminder that Canada’s social safety net is leading to the perpetuation of poverty despite ample resources to end it.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Finn writes that we shouldn’t believe claims that Canada lacks money for social benefits when Lib and Con governments have deliberately…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Callahan writes about the U.S.’ billionaire-dominated political system – and why nobody should be satisfied merely with having an ideologically-agreeable set…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Richard Partington reports on new OECD data showing that wages are continuing to soar for the lucky few in the developed world while…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress highlights the Canada Revenue Agency’s long-overdue estimate of the public costs of offshore tax evasion, as well as other new data on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses how the Trump tax giveaway to the rich will exacerbate class and race inequality in the U.S. And David…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Lauren Bauer discuss the need for U.S. law and policy to adapt to protect independent workers who have…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Julian Baggini discusses the importance of talking about taxes as a force for the common good – particularly as a response to (and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Enzo Dimatteo offers a reminder of Toronto’s disastrous experience with the Ford governance model, while Edward Keenan worries that Doug Ford is eager…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matt Taylor discusses how the U.S.’ Supreme Court has stacked the deck against workers by allowing employers to evade all types of collective…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joel French discusses the need for Alberta to implement a more thorough and progressive tax system in order to ensure it has…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Dana Brown and Thomas Hanna discuss the possibility of a public option for access to medication in the U.S. And while the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alex Himelfarb warns about the dangers of participating in Donald Trump’s race to the bottom for public revenues – and the importance of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Yanis Varoufakis discusses the loss of freedom when one’s whole life needs to be planned around corporate wishes and sensitivities: A capacity to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Larry Elliott discusses how the stock market is reacting with disgust against rare good economic news for workers and the general public.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim O’Neill proposes an end to corporate free-riding (and an assurance of contribution to the society which allows for profit) through explicit “pay-or-play”…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ed Finn reminds us that Canada has ample resources to bring about positive social change – just as long as we start taxing…
On points of agreement
With both Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon having run leadership campaigns before, both could be expected to have plenty to offer by way of policy. And that’s proven true –…