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CETA cannot and will never deliver on the promises made to the beef and pork sectors. It will, however, continue doing serious harm to our dairy farmers.

After a 30-day election campaign, the CAQ was re-elected with an even more comfortable majority than in 2018.

The cost of living has gone up but the minimum wage hasn’t kept pace.

The pandemic labour market phenomenon in the U.S. might be the “great resignation” as people quit their jobs in droves. In Canada, it’s more like the “great retirement” as the Boomers make their exit from the workforce.

Five years ago, Canada’s free trade pact with Europe came into force. Well, some of it did at least.

Ontario’s deficit became a surplus last year. The Ford government couldn’t think of a single thing to spend it on

In some areas, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is worse than we predicted. We present five reasons why we’re not celebrating its fifth anniversary.

Parliament has returned from its summer break. We’re expecting a packed—and heated— agenda.

We’re failing 2SLGBTQIA+ communities amidst rising gender-based violence because policy-makers still don’t understand intersectionality.

Student debt forgiveness has sparked hope in the U.S. Canada should pay attention.

Two-thirds of job postings are offering wages that are too low to entice applicants. Employers are going to have to be more competitive to fill those jobs.

The combination of rising interest rates and high private debt catapults Canada into the top third most dangerous economic periods since the Second World War. If the Bank of Canada hikes interest rates by 0.5% or more in September, we’d move into second place.

The brand of turbo-charged capitalism that we call “neoliberalism” arrived in North America on a rising tide of inflation.

As we grapple with yet another wave of COVID, the parallel poverty crisis in Toronto has been exacerbated past its breaking point and will have enduring societal impacts.

If Doug Ford wants to make the case for more federal health funding, throwing away money is not the way to do it

Inspiration, information, and solidarity among Starbucks baristas increasingly extends beyond individual stores, connecting workers across cities, regions, and, to some extent, even national borders—illustrating lessons applicable to organizing at the mega-chain in both the U.S. and Canada.