Mar 28, 2022 — The Conservative ‘resistance’ appears to have waned

Mar 28, 2022 — Why the conservative anger over Liberal-NDP agreement?

Oct 16, 2021 — The Saturday Debate: Is there a need for the Green Party?

Sep 17, 2020 — Lessons from Throne Speeches past: Don’t believe the hype

Proportional representation and democratic reform

• Proportional representation can help bring back responsible government

• On electoral reform, Trudeau didn’t just break a promise — he lied

• Electoral reform debate needs to be based on facts

Reconciliation

• Trudeau’s confused reconciliation agenda

• Trudeau’s harsh test of First Nations health services

Peacekeeping and military abroad

• Sajjan’s lies renew questions about Afghan torture

• Trudeau’s peacekeeping plan turns its back on violence

Housing markets

• Hunger for substance could nix BC’s ‘mirage’ home buyer plan

Protecting refugees

• All this ‘illegal’ border talks is just dog-whistle politics

• US under Trump in no longer safe third country

Carbon pricing and climate change

• Political gesturing on carbon pricing could cost Canadians billions

• Conservatives are riding a backlash against Liberal carbon pricing — the NDP can fix it

• Liberals stalled for a year — climate change didn’t

Fair taxes

• Bill to start unrigging tax haven laws needs Canadians’ support

• To restore middle class progress, try a tax system that doesn’t stink like hell

Fighting for good jobs

• For Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford, it’s time to fight

• Workers must be at the centre of shaping Canada’s “Green New Deal”

Workers’ rights

• What has and has not changed in workplace safety

• Workplace harassment can be prevented, but C-65 isn’t enough

• The Liberal’s disregard for workers’ rights

Pipelines

• Blame-throwers fired up in wake of pipeline fiasco

• Trudeau’s pipeline may be sinking — with a boat-load of public cash in it

NAFTA and trade

• We survived Trump’s intimidation, but let’s not call it a win for Canada

• Canada’s challenge is to be a nation of both trade and manufacturing

• To beat Trump’s concessions, Canadians must consider NAFTA-exit

P3s and Infrastructure privatization

• Infrastructure Bank’s ‘face-saving’ deal hides Liberal infrastructure delays

• The not-shocking truth about Morneau’s pension and infrastructure plans

• Without any mandate, Trudeau pushes privatization

• Liberals’ bait-and-switch on infrastrucutre

• Trudeau’s broken infrastructure promise has hurt jobs and growth

• Opposition sharpens attack on ‘reverse Robin Hood’ Infrastructure Bank

• Deficit not funding much infrastructure after all

Pharmacare

• We don’t have pharmacare for one reason — greed

Pension protection

• Morneau Shepell, Sears and more — they’ve all forgotten about the little guy

• Morneau sides with shareholders, not Canadian workers

https://torontosun.com/2016/06/26/pension-reform-shows-labour-movement-at-its-best/wcm/9eab6c81-4104-4105-9ec8-73661bf1f77b

Gun control

• Fewer guns is a safer Canada

Tax cuts for the rich, austerity for everyone else

• Provincial spending cuts will take Ontario from bad to worse

• Ford and Kenney will cut for the rich

PARKIN: The blunt facts about Morneau’s tax cut for the rich

• Almost everywhere, conservatives have become the part of fiscal recklessness

• Morneau scandal shows middle class was never Liberals’ top concern

• The Liberals need to offer some government for the people

Federalism and social democracy

• Workers must be at the centre of shaping Canada’s ‘Green New Deal’

• What Canada needs now is another Tommy Douglas

• Jason Kenney’s populist snake oil

Minimum wage

• On minimum wage, low-wage advocates have been so wrong for too long

• If Denmark has no minimum wage, should Canada follow suit?

• Monopolies may have an evil twin who’s stealing your paycheque

Freedom of expression

• On freedom of speech, the alt-right has it all wrong

Childcare

• As child-care costs rise, some provinces push back on economic sexism