Category: Public Goods
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Covid-19 – Build Capacity in Public Non-Profit Healthcare
Canadian Healthcare Coalitions Joint Statement The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent to which our individual health is dependent on the health of everyone in our community. Public healthcare … Keep reading »
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Building Universal Healthcare in South Africa
Wittingly or unwittingly, the proposal for National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa has created two camps: pro-NHI and anti-NHI. But as I argue in a recent article in the … Keep reading »
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Safety Is Not Negotiable for Anyone – Including Healthcare Workers
The following is a joint statement issued March 13 by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Unifor, … Keep reading »
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Donald Trump Is Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the payroll contribution rate is a stealth attack on Social Security. Even if the proposal were to replace Social Security’s dedicated revenue with deficit-funded general … Keep reading »
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Why Public Transit Should Be Free For All
Beyond tackling our carbon footprint, we need to open Canadian cities up to everyone. Keep reading »
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Campaign for Improved and Democratized Transit in Ottawa
Our ‘New Vision’ involves demands for a significant expansion of ‘Fare Free’ and accessible transit, improved service, and a governance structure that would make transit decisions more accountable to the … Keep reading »
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J31 Fare Strike at Grand Central Station
Just a few hours before the J31 Fare Strike convened at Grand Central Station, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor de Blasio as a call-in to the Brian … Keep reading »
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Travel Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
Five Concrete Steps Toward a Climate-Smart and Fair Transport Sector in Stockholm The climate threat is the most fatal problem humanity has ever faced. In 2009, the current Kyoto protocol will … Keep reading »
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The Traffic Hierarchy
One is not born a motorist, one becomes one. Mobility and class are deeply entangled. Not only because one’s potential for mobility often has to do with one’s economic position, but … Keep reading »
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Free Public Transit in Canada?
In the last year or so, a debate about the merits of free transit (or more accurately, fare-free transit) is making its way into public discourse in Canada. While fare-free … Keep reading »
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Take My Benefits – Please!
Employment-based healthcare has become an anchor around the neck of the US working class. Keep reading »
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The Case for Free Public Transit in Toronto
There are 200 cities around the world with some form of free public transit, and 97 that are completely free. Keep reading »