Struggling Workers Face ‘Bleak’ Future After Termination Of Canada Recovery Benefit
"Without any extra benefits, I don't know what we're going to do."
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Canadian Oil And Gas Companies To Increase Production By 30 Per Cent, Worsening Climate Emergency: Report
Canadian oil and gas producers are on track to expand production to 30 per cent above 2020 levels by 2030, leading to an anticipated 25 per cent increase in carbon emissions.
Business Groups Lobby B.C. Government To Stop Paid Sick Leave Legislation
“It's an idea whose time is long overdue. It's never made sense to have to choose between paying the bills if you don't have sick pay, and going to work and making others sick.”
Can The Public Sector Displace Facebook’s Unprecedented Corporate Power?
“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."
Critics Say Canada Has Been A ‘Laggard’ On Tackling Tax Avoidance. What Needs To Change?
The Pandora Papers are "the tip of the iceberg," says one policy analyst.
What Happened To Canada's Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity?
“What the pandemic has done has just driven home how vulnerable we are to the pharmaceutical industry. It was clear that it was a problem for Canada that we didn’t have domestic vaccine production capacity.”
What The Rise Of The Far-Right People’s Party Means For Canada’s Political Landscape
“The COVID conspiracy movement and the far-right are not happy with Erin O'Toole. So this time around, many more of them decided they weren't going to vote strategically, and they were going to vote for the PPC.”
Liberals’ Home Savings Account Proposal A ‘Gimmick’ That Leaves Low-Income Renters Behind, Analysts Say
“It’s most likely to be a tax shelter for a very, very small pool of Canadians who have very high incomes under the age of 40.”
The Silencing Of Fairy Creek Journalists: RCMP Threaten and Obstruct Free Press
“I’ve had officers put hands on me on two instances where I was on the side of the road, doing my job.”