Accounting for the Occupation
First-hand witnesses, community organizers and experts agree that the long-term dangers represented by the occupation of Ottawa have not gone away.
Alex Cosh
Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
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Government Spending on Non-Market Housing Could Pay for Itself, Economist Says
An economist argues that B.C. could massively increase spending on below-market rental housing and that such an investment could “literally pay for itself.”
F-35 Cost Continues to be ‘Refined’ as American Deal Hit with Inflation
The Canadian Ministry of Public Services and Procurement said “details on costing and price will be further refined” as the Pentagon grapples with rising costs.
Panel Discussing Rise of Far-Right Notes Police Complicity
“Policing has always been based on settler colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy, property capitalism and upholding those values.”
Canadian Press Amplifies Former Lockheed Martin Employee’s Call to Accelerate F-35 Purchase
The former employee was involved in a decade-long PR campaign advocating for the purchase.
Is Pierre Poilievre Riding a Populist Wave?
“It's not surprising to see a populism that we've seen globally and a populism that we've seen provincially kind of working its way into the federal Conservative Party.”
Wealthiest Property Owners Control One-Quarter of Residential Real Estate Value
“If you don't change the regulations around housing, if you don't go into taxation rules and all the kinds of structures of the housing market, you won't solve the problem."
Only 9 Percent of New Migrant Program Funding Dedicated to ‘Holding Employers Accountable’
“As far as I'm concerned it's basically equivalent to a Tim Hortons comment card.”
Canadian Supermarkets Plan No Action Over Cadbury Child Labour Allegations
Cadbury faced the allegations after a British broadcaster obtained footage of children in Ghana using machetes on cocoa farms.