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If governments want to increase child care availability, they should make changes that make it easier and more effective to unionize the sector

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it’s past time to lift people with disabilities out of poverty

If the feds are serious about tackling non-compliant Airbnb-type rentals, they should go after the platforms, not just the users

Shift Storm newsletter—October 2023 edition

As the UN global climate conference begins, it’s time Canada get serious on decarbonization—that means going after fossil fuel finance

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland talks up housing and affordability while austerity looms

Time for a Giant Leap Forward for Workers’ Wages in Nova Scotia

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

There’s no evidence that banning replacement workers makes strikes longer. Employer organizations simply want to keep using scabs.

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

Carbon pricing fight a dangerous distraction from real climate policy

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.

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

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

Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer

Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they're about the society we live in.