In the Conservative playbook, when outright attacks on public services don’t work, you switch to veiled threats backed up by the consultant class. That playbook is being deployed again in the Ontario Ministry of...
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The campaign for quality, universal, public childcare intensifies
By Helen Kennedy Ask anyone in the women’s movement what they believe is the most important program to ensure women’s equality, and they more often than not will reply, “childcare.” The federal government’s announcement...
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3 Minutes
What would a People’s Budget look like?
Editorial The buildup to the 2022 Budget has been interesting, with plenty of competition for government spending and priorities. Certainly, the Liberal-NDP pact that was announced last month includes a lot of the promises...
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Neoliberalism Lite – BC budget wins business backing, but fails the working class
BC budget commentary by the Communist Party of BC In last October’s election, John Horgan’s NDP appealed for the votes of left-minded British Columbians. Without being shackled to their alliance with the Greens, went...
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