Category: Public Goods
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Ontario’s Long-Term Care Sector is in a Grave Humanitarian Crisis
We are a group of physicians, researchers, and advocates who have come together to express our grave concern for the safety and well-being of Ontarians who reside and work in … Keep reading »
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New Year Calls for a New COVID-19 Strategy
As 2021 begins, many people in Manitoba are hopeful that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. The number of infections reported is falling. Effective vaccines have been … Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Care Crisis /w Natalie Mehra
We are joined by Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. We discuss the ongoing crisis in Ontario’s private long-term care system, the imminent need for paid sick days, and revisit the question of vaccine distribution. Listen to audio »
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Investigate Neoliberal Leaders Who Failed to Protect Us From COVID-19
Warnings that the oxygen supply was running out in the city of Manaus, Brazil, came to local and federal government officials a week before the calamity led to the deaths … Keep reading »
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The Class Struggle Against the Pandemic
Kevin Courtney, joint General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), summed it up when he said, the best response to the Tory pandemic disaster is to join a union … Keep reading »
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COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario: Deadliest Day of the Pandemic
January 7th is the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, 89 people died in the last 24-hour period. By every measure the situation is critical, warns the Ontario Health Coalition. Keep reading »
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Lower Fares, More Service!: Public Transit Struggles In and After the Pandemic
A second wave of the pandemic is raging across the country, and Toronto and other cities are again in lockdown. Austerity for social provisioning including public transit is high on the agenda for city governments across North America. Watch video »
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Transit Policy and COVID-19
Public transit is an essential service. In the midst of a pandemic it is also a particularly dangerous one for transit workers and transit users. The City of Ottawa has … Keep reading »
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A Green New Deal for Public Transport
As the US confronts the twin crises of climate and the coronavirus, each disproportionately harming Black and brown Americans, it’s time for a reckoning over our failed federal transportation policies. … Keep reading »
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Vaccine Rollout
In this episode we discuss what is currently known about Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans, the privatization and closure of Canada’s own vaccine producer Connaught Labs, the potential for electoral blowback from a delayed vaccination schedule, and our general displeasure with the NDP. Listen to audio »
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Vaccine Nationalism? An Incurable Disease Called Hope
The total level of global indebtedness now sits at an astronomical $277-trillion, an increase of $15-trillion since 2019. This amount is equivalent to 365% of the global gross domestic product. … Keep reading »
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The Not So Negative Dialectics of Post-Secondary Education
“Well, we busted out of class, had to get away from those fools. We learned more from a three-minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school.” — Bruce Springsteen … Keep reading »