How to address the malaise of the middle-class
This blogpost appeared in the Globe and Mail on February 18th. By now, everybody is surely aware that the core commitments of the Liberal federal government are to “build a strong...
Divest from Police to Re-Invest in Communities
For Black History Month, the Institute launched a policy series highlighting bold policy solutions in order to tackle anti-Black racism, focusing on the need for intergovernmental action. Each submission proposes a plan...
Affordable Communities
For Black History Month, the Institute launched a policy series highlighting bold policy solutions in order to tackle anti-Black racism, focusing on the need for intergovernmental action. Each submission proposes a plan...
Drug Prohibition Reparations
For Black History Month, the Institute launched a policy series highlighting bold policy solutions in order to tackle anti-Black racism, focusing on the need for intergovernmental action. Each submission proposes a plan...
Bold Policy Proposals To Tackle Anti-Black Racism
For Black people in Canada, some of the most pressing issues and necessary policy changes involve, at times, all three levels of government. By working together, federal, provincial and municipal...
Charting the path to National Pharmacare in Canada
National Pharmacare has been a topic of discussion in Canada for over half a century, yet we remain uniqueamong the world’s high-income countries with universal health coverage in that we...
Are Canadians overtaxed? The equation is complicated
This blogpost originally appeared in the Globe and Mail. Partly fuelled by reports from conservative think-tanks such as the Fraser Institute, many Canadians believe that they are taxed far...
Making progress in tough times: Lessons from 2018
In October, I had a moment with my eldest son that really brought home to me the angst that many progressive people were feeling throughout 2018.
“Between Two Joints, You Could Get Up and Do Something”*
*Editor’s note: the original quote (“ent’deux joints tu pourrais faire qu’qu’chose, ent’deux joints tu pourrais t’grouiller l’cul”) is the refrain of a popular 1973 Robert Charlebois song, lyrics by Pierre...
BC leads the way to a better future for people and planet
Maybe it was the months of smoke-filled skies or the flash floods following hard on the heels of long droughts. Or maybe it was mountainsides covered in beetle-killed trees or...
