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Federal anti-scab legislation is a big win for workers
November 20, 2023

Federal anti-scab legislation is a big win for workers

Banning replacement workers in federally regulated industries will remove one of the employers’ most unfair tools against collective bargaining

The rich “won” the pandemic: Income inequality skyrocketed in 2021
November 17, 2023

The rich “won” the pandemic: Income inequality skyrocketed in 2021

New data shows what observers long suspected—the rich took advantage of the pandemic to fill their bank accounts

Budget 2024: Canada needs to go all-in on green industrial policy

Budget 2024: Canada needs to go all-in on green industrial policy

Prepared remarks for Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Budget

How Biden’s digital trade rethink adds pressure to re-renegotiate NAFTA

How Biden’s digital trade rethink adds pressure to re-renegotiate NAFTA

We should use the six-year renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement to strip out Trump-era language benefiting big tech oligarchs. Then keep pushing.

“Allowances” trap institutionalized Canadians in deep poverty

“Allowances” trap institutionalized Canadians in deep poverty

It’s time for governments to address policy that forces disabled people in residential institutions to live in misery

The fight over carbon pricing is missing the point

The fight over carbon pricing is missing the point

Carbon pricing fight a dangerous distraction from real climate policy

Bill C-35 is a chance for the feds to fully implement accessible childcare—if they do it right

Bill C-35 is a chance for the feds to fully implement accessible childcare—if they do it right

Presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology consideration of Bill C-35

Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health

Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health

Medical care and social investments are not an either/or proposition.

Three key health policy movements are aligning

Three key health policy movements are aligning

Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which we live.

Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin

Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin

Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.

How can we influence budgets?

How can we influence budgets?

Building power to change social structures

Canada at risk of lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended

Canada at risk of lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended

Civil society organizations and academics are warning about investor-state dispute settlement

Saskatchewan’s attacks on trans students are cynical scapegoating

Saskatchewan’s attacks on trans students are cynical scapegoating

Scott Moe is teaching a master class in political opportunism