This is a remarkable story of economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown impacts. The next chapter will be written by the provinces as they decide what to do with their unexpected budget surpluses.

For many Canadians, a professor is a professor. The truth is that the professional and economic conditions of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and contracted instructors are drastically different.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of all Canadians, but it disproportionally affected rural, low-income mothers and their families.

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

Having campaigned on a promise to fix Nova Scotia’s health care system, on April 22, 2022, new Premier Tim Houston, released Action for Health: A Strategic Plan for Nova Scotia. Despite its stated objective of establishing an “equitable and respectful health ecosystem”, the plan fails to include a single mention of women, pregnancy, sexual or reproductive health.

Governments need to assume responsibility and lead the way

Nova Scotians deserve a government that learns the lessons of the past to build a better tomorrow

It is past time for our governments to design regulations that actually protect vulnerable borrowers from usurious lenders.

The province has a long way to go in improving its homecare infrastructure

We need to build a care economy that recognizes care as a fundamental component of our basic social infrastructure.

A mandatory paid sick leave policy will ensure that all workers have access to paid sick leave, regardless of where they work.

With the announced intent to expand access, we must underline the need to build a universal system.

Like access to food, clean water, and health care, access to housing is a fundamental right to which all people are entitled.

Democracy is built on trust and trust is built on openness.

We are far less likely to recognize households living in poverty as a public health issue, societal crisis or economic problem that we should solve collectively.