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Critics Call Out NDP’s ‘Hypocrisy’ As B.C. MLAs Can Take As Many Paid Sick Days As Needed
The B.C. NDP government recently introduced only five days of paid sick leave for workers.
Eliminating More Parking Spots Will Improve Our Cities
For decades, cities have been designed by and for the car, to the detriment of everyone else and the environment.
Property Company’s Business Strategy Focuses On ‘Working-Class Folk’ In Provinces With ‘No Rent Controls’
Avenue Living is looking to build up a tenant base of “essential workers” in Alberta and Saskatchewan because those provinces do not have rent controls, PressProgress reported Friday.
HelloFresh Workers Need A Union
Of the various social inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps none is greater than the discrepancy between the wealth accumulated by e-commerce companies like HelloFresh and the plight of their workforces.
B.C. Minister's Claim He Cannot Weigh In On Wet'suwet'en Arrests Doesn't Add Up, Critics Say
“Freedom of the press is one of the four fundamental freedoms recognized by the Charter, and when it's intruded upon, the default position should be in support of the journalists, not in support of the police.”
Digging Deeper Into Why Wealthy Canadian Elites Supported Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
In the latest episode of our Great Gilded North podcast series, we spoke to Mitchell Thompson, who recently dug into the history of the Canadian elites who supported fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Disability Advocates Raise Concerns About Omissions In Throne Speech
Neil Belanger, chief executive officer of the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), had a question at the end of Tuesday’s Throne Speech: “Where’s the Canada Disability Benefit?”
The Imperialist Massacre Behind Some Of Canada’s Most Prestigious Academic Prizes
Izaak Walton Killam, the richest man in Canada and namesake of prestigious scholarships, protected his business interests in El Salvador by helping facilitate one of the worst civilian massacres in this continent’s history.
B.C.’s Pandemic, Drug Poisoning And Climate Deaths Are Linked
All of these crises can, should and need to be dealt with at once, because they all stem from the same source.