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Education: Inequality’s solution or great reinforcer?

For the unlucky children born on the lower rungs of Canada's ladder of inequality, accessing quality education is hard. It doesn't need to be this way.

How the CCPA sparked a national conversation about income inequality

Understanding inequality, and providing policymakers the tools to combat it, is a role the CCPA is happy to fill.

What will it take to tackle income inequality?

Our country has the resources to provide dignity for all—our leaders' failure to do so is a political choice.

Indigenous Peoples continue to face deep structural inequality in Canada

The Canadian state's genocide of Indigenous Peoples is centuries-old. It continues to harm Indigenous communities today.

Is Quebec a distinct society when it comes to inequality?

It isn't exactly a shining beacon of equality, but Quebec does a lot of things better. Those policies are the result of relatively strong unions and social movements.

Arming ourselves in the fight against disinformation

Disinformation, when practiced at scale, can fracture societies. It’s up to us to stop it.

Disinformation: New tools, same poison

Disinformation didn’t spring out of nowhere—it’s a tool the powerful use to protect themselves from accountability

Progressive politics and the age of misinformation

If we're serious about the project to build a better world, then progressives need a serious strategy to dismantle the infrastructure of disinformation.

They came to my city

Former Peterborough mayor says alt-right narratives endanger democracy

Bots, trolls, deception and the hacking of the human brain

None of us are immune from efforts to deceive us. It's important that we learn how to recognize those efforts.

Canada can’t be complacent about threats to our democracy

Disinformation is a global problem, and Canada is not immune.

Recharging North America: The Trade Issue

The neoliberal rules-based international order is straining under pressure. Can we imagine a different, more cooperative and equitable way forward?

Unions win the right to challenge unfair trade practices

Workers achieved a long-fought-for trade victory in the 2022 federal budget: trade unions will soon have the right to file trade complaints against unfair imports, something only domestic producers could do before now.

After neoliberalism, a progressive globalization?

The institutions of global economic governance can be retooled to advance social and environmental justice

CUSMA has shown it can defend labour rights, but is it enough to bring lasting change to Mexican workers?

This July marked the second anniversary of the new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Electrifying North American trade

The Biden administration wants to continentalize America’s green industrial renewal. There are risks and potential rewards for Canada.