Reading Time: 3 minutes Statistics Canada explicitly warns against using the Low Income Measure to measure poverty but a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives uses it anyway
Category: Politics
Reining in Iran: Middle East politics at a crossroads
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the arc of Iran’s influence grows, on the strength of new nuclear capacity, the whole dynamic in the region will change
Not all income and wealth inequality is equal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Inequality that results from entrepreneurship and innovation – as opposed to cronyism and corruption – provides enormous benefits to citizens
How well are your children really doing in school?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A full understanding of a child’s progress requires report cards that provide teacher’s comments as well as grades
Why are so many Canadians using food banks?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even where nutritious options are nearby, poverty prevents many Canadians from buying groceries or making better food choices
Will it take Trump to finally unite Canada?
Reading Time: 3 minutes An unintended consequence of Trump’s crusade against NAFTA could be a vital reawakening of Canadian economic nationalism
Here’s what Hillary needs to do to stop Trump
Reading Time: 3 minutes Acknowledge that those angry, older men in Rust Belt states who support him really have been left behind
Frailty a better gauge for health-care funding
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Health Accord should reject per capita funding model – and consider the precise and evidence-based concept of frailty instead
How to cope during these emotionally exhausting times
Reading Time: 4 minutes Terrorism, racism, police shootings, climate change, Trump: how much more of this do we have to take?
1940 Republican convention provided real political fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forget Donald Trump – Wendell Willkie was the man if you’re seeking a presidential candidate who defied convention