“We need to really end big telecoms calling the shots at the CRTC and the government, and to put the power back in the hands of the people to guide the policies and regulations that will serve us.”
Singh is setting himself up to become what he is campaigning against: someone whose words don’t match their actions.
The fight against the precariousness of app-based work is far from over. But the recent legal decision in California is an important advance in that battle.
“We need solutions that aren't like 10 years off of treatment, or attempts to go to recovery beds. We need solutions that will save somebody's life this afternoon.”
“The proposed Conservative policy is a rather toothless gesture ... requiring one lone worker representative on large corporate boards, and only applying to a relatively small number of federally regulated companies."
"We're living in an emergency. People know it. The question now is whether humans, all of us, and governments, all of them, are going to start acting like it's actually an emergency and start drastically cutting emissions with real regulations."
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything. You have people from a diverse background within this racist culture still, and nothing has changed.”
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything."
We asked NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh what truly "affordable" housing means, and whether 500,000 affordable housing units is enough to address the current shortfall.