Privatization

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Canada

Insulin at 100: How Big Pharma turned Banting’s “gift to the world” into a healthcare disaster

PV October 6, 2021

By Sonya Stepanova This year is the 100th anniversary of the invention of insulin by Frederick Banting at the University of Toronto. The world celebrates his transformative discovery, but a closer look at the...

6 Minutes

Canada Labour

“The Big Reset”: Newfoundland and Labrador braces for austerity, fightback

PV June 10, 2021

The long-awaited report of the Provincial Economic Recovery Team (PERT) was publicly released on May 6, just weeks before Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal government revealed its budget for 2021. The PERT, chaired by Dame...

6 Minutes

Canada Labour

Budget 2021: a tight squeeze for the working class

PV April 22, 2021

Far from transformative, the April 19 federal budget was yet another long list of big gifts to Big Business in Canada, along with vast sums for NATO, NORAD, fighter jets and warships, ensuring that...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Alberta budget a downhill ride for working people

PV March 11, 2021

PV Alberta Bureau To market its new budget, released on February 25, Alberta’s United Conservative government chose the image of a family flying down a hill on a toboggan. It’s an eerily appropriate choice...