These Shutdowns Will Remain Useless Until They Protect Workers
Our political leaders have decided that making industry sacrifice anywhere near as much as its workers have would be too much to bear.
Pandemic
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British Columbia’s Pseudo Lockdown Is Destined To Fail
The lockdown measures, despite being labelled a ‘circuit breaker’ at a press conference, aren’t tough or stringent by any means.
Doug Ford Has Turned The Pandemic Into A Game Show We All Lose
Ford is treating public health announcements with the same gravity language wise as a haircut, pumpkin carving and a cheesecake.
For-Profit Long Term Care Must Be Abolished
We rightly bristle when it’s suggested we bring in private care in the health system. But when it comes to the old, there’s little outcry.
A Year Into The Pandemic, The Worst Of Our World Remain In Charge
The spirit of, ‘We’re all in this together’ was a cynical cover for policies that let some people suffer to keep things going for others.
COVID-19 Variants Are Being Used To Let Corporations Off The Hook
Every mention of Roberta Place has referenced new coronavirus strains, often above or in place of conditions at the long-term care home.
Conservatives Have Given Up On Fighting The Pandemic
Erin O’Toole has unintentionally confirmed the obvious: the Conservative plan for escaping the pandemic begins and ends with the vaccine.
Canada Is Robbing The Global South Of A Pandemic Recovery
Canada’s vaccine hoarding and refusal to support the call to make vaccines easier to manufacture and distribute should be a national shame.
The Liberal Party’s Hollow Childcare Promises Are A Smokescreen
If the Liberal’s Throne Speech can convince journalists to talk about childcare, they will ignore the pleas of CERB recipients.