CERB/CEWS: No Oversight For The Rich, Little Forgiveness For The Poor
The massive cash transfer from the public purse into private, corporate coffers remains the most expensive swindle of the pandemic.
Economy
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Why Did Canadian Media Help Loblaw Promote Their PR Stunt?
Media outlets are supposed to hold the corporate world to account, not help them get free PR. We deserve better
Jamie Irving’s Postmedia Appointment Is Bad News For Canada
The Postmedia chain coming under command of an Irving is a worst-of-both-worlds scenario for news readers and Canada as a whole.
Hunger Is Built into Ontario’s Benefit Systems — and Food Costs Are Rising
“What used to barely get me through until the end of the month now barely gets me halfway through the month.”
Canadians Are Going Hungry While Corporate Profits Soar and War Rages on
“I get tired, because I know I'm not, at times, getting enough nutrients."
Debunking Right-Wing Myths About Inflation
Inflation is more than simply an increase in prices: it’s a conflict over the distribution of income and wealth.
Canada Needs Trans-Inclusive Pensions
The system that was once designed to be able to accurately provide for all elderly people in Canada must reinvent itself.
Hypocrisy Aside, Bell’s ‘Let’s Talk’ Campaign Is Deeply Harmful
The only reason Bell has this role is because our governments handed them the torch, abandoning Canadians.
Ending The CRB Now Is Cruel And Pointless
Cutting off welfare benefits will do nothing other than shove people already living on a knife’s edge into financial ruin.