Reading Time: 4 minutes By rejecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Trudeau is signalling that globalization has abandoned some key principles and must be fixed
Tag: Poverty
Open the door to more affordable housing in Calgary
Reading Time: 3 minutes Calgary’s new city council must encourage secondary suites, remove parking requirements and streamline permit processes
Killing the goose that laid the golden egg
Reading Time: 4 minutes Increasingly harsh and ever-shifting resource-related government policies are killing jobs and making Canadians poorer
Housing First can curb the high cost of homelessness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Homelessness costs Canadians big money without even addressing the causes
Ontarians pay a high price for power system mess
Reading Time: 3 minutes Years of government mismanagement of the power sector must be corrected or families will continue to suffer
Ontario’s high electricity costs could cripple families
Reading Time: 3 minutes If electricity prices keep rising at their current rate, the trade-offs that families have to make will become increasingly difficult to manage
It’s time to talk about a BIG idea to end poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes A basic income guarantee would ensure every Canadian has money to meet basic needs for food, shelter, heat and clothing – and it would ensure better health
The rising global threats to prosperity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nationalistic politicians’ attacks on free markets and economic freedom driven primarily by the support and desires of rural voters
Dignity is at the heart of a person’s ability to thrive
Reading Time: 3 minutes We all have a need for economic security, material and emotional well-being – and to belong and be cherished
Ontario’s basic income pilot won’t fly
Reading Time: 4 minutes An unconditional cash transfer may encourage dependency on government, and discourage people from finding work and improving their lives