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CUPW & Canada Post Labour Battle
Article by Adam D. K. King appearing in the publication, The Maple, November 29, 2024 The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is fighting for the future of Canada Post. For more than a week, 55,000 union members have been on a nation-wide strike, resisting the employer’s attempt to impose concessions. As it stands, the…
Read MoreWhich Climate Policies Work Best
The following article by Kate Yoder appeared in the August 28, 2024 Mother Jones publication. Full credit is acknowledged to the publication and the author. To read Kate Yoder’s article, click the following link: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/science-study-climate-policies-effectiveness/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-08-28-2024
Read MoreShould Canadian Governments Really be Subsidizing Goodyear
The following article by Adam D.K. King appeared in the The Maple August 27, 2024. It is referenced for your reading with full acknowledgement of the publication and author. To access the Article click on the following link. https://www.readthemaple.com/should-canadian-governments-really-be-subsidizing-goodyear/?ref=maple-digest-news-newsletter
Read MoreWhy Things Are Getting Worse
The following article, authored by Ali Breland, appeared in the Mother Jones newsletter April 2, 2024. Click the link below to access the article: “An Academics Grand Theory on Why Things Are Getting Worse”. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/peter-turchin-end-times/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-02-2024
Read MoreGeothermal Heating
Chris Hatch, has penned an impelling opinion article in the National Obsserver Newsletter concerning geothermal heating. Read his article here: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/02/21/opinion/zero-carbon-heat-beneath-our-feet
Read MoreUniversal Basic Income
Christi Dabou, National Affairs Writer with CTVnews has published an insightful article about Universal Basic Income. Follow the link below to read her original article: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/when-could-universal-basic-income-start-in-canada-1.6770762
Read MorePrivate Health Care Clinics
Interesting and concerning information is coming to light concerning the Ontario Government’s apparent funnelling of public money into for-profit healthcare clinics, including surgeries costing double the rates of OHIP-covered surgeries and the former health minister’s increase of public funding to a privateclinic of some 278%. Click the link below to read the article pubvlished by…
Read MoreHugh Segal (1950-2023) – Remembering a Friend
Canada and the world has lost a true champion with the passing of Hugh Segal. The following excerpt is from a message penned by Sheila Regehr of the Basic Income Canada Network. To view a video of this great man, follow the link below. Tributes have been pouring in following the sad news of former…
Read MoreCanadians are having a visceral reaction to smug corporate power
Jim Stafford, Director of the Centre for Future Work, takes an in-depth look at the inflation-fueling profits of corporate super-powers, grocery chains in particular. He ranks the 15 top super-profitable sectors which profited dramatically from the pandemic and other disruptions. His article, “Deconstructiing Loblaw’s inept self-justification”, Canadian Dimension, February 3, 2023, is available at the…
Read MoreOntario Health System at the Brink
The following was penned by Clinton Halladay and was published as a Letter to the Editor in the January 26, 2023 edition of the Review Mirror. The Ontario Government continues down the slippery slope of favouring the “Friends of Ford Foundation” over the needs and well-being of the citizenry. The callous use of the notwithstanding…
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