Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates
‘People with disabilities were led to believe this program would lift them out of poverty,’ says social policy expert John Stapleton, but none believed the Liberals would go ‘so low’ with the monthly benefit amount.
Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers
The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA’s Ray Sullivan.
Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs
Senator Marilou McPhedran’s Bill S-261 would prevent public money from being used to generate or enforce a non-disclosure agreement unless specifically requested by a victim.
The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre
From an enemy of organized labour, Poilievre now depicts himself as something akin to the saviour of Canada’s workers.
Tenants’ advocates warn of landlords ‘double dipping’ into green retrofit fund without greater transparency or strings attached
A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to $600 in the past two years. The organization entered into a financing agreement with the Canada Infrastructure Bank for energy-efficient retrofits in June 2022.
Should telecommunications be nationalized?
The federal government must not accept that the telecommunications companies under its jurisdiction and regulated at its initiative are exporting our jobs and damaging our economy.
Housing the latest skirmish pitting progressive government against zombie neoliberalism
The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of inequality.
A trading nation needs a globally engaged workforce
It makes good business sense for the Global Skills Opportunity program to become a permanent part of Canada’s ambition for growth.
Freeland’s budget should focus on housing, ending homelessness, writes Ottawa reader
More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on April 16, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland must focus on housing and ending homelessness, with a particular emphasis on providing direct financial support, such as a homelessness prevention and housing benefit to […]
Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise
Lessons learned from the employment insurance model should find their way into the new benefit.
