Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
A majority of workers in the accommodation and food services industry in 2020 were women, and workers in the sector made an average hourly wage of $17.07, the lowest of any sector.
"Part of the solution, I think, is a requirement that Facebook be more transparent about its algorithm, and there be some regulation.”
“In most other sectors, when one company becomes so large with regard to something that's so important to the public, they often are brought under public control, or public regulation."
In 2018, the B.C. Supreme Court struck down federal solitary confinement laws as unconstitutional because they discriminated against Indigenous inmates and those with mental illnesses.
The CMHC has granted more than $350 million in low-interest loans to Quebec real estate developers on condition they rent a portion of their units at an 'affordable' rate, La Presse reports.
An ongoing legal case argues that Canadian courts should address Indigenous laws that mandate Indigenous peoples to defend their lands from environmental harm, the Toronto Star reports.
“We need to really think about how the legal system allows this type of behavior to proliferate in Canada, but there are some pretty significant vested interests in these systems and who benefits from them.”
The Pandora Papers are "the tip of the iceberg," says one policy analyst.
Dr. Katherine Smart told an emergency summit Tuesday that provincial governments like Jason Kenney’s Conservative administration in Alberta are “gaslighting” health workers, Global News reports.