Time for feds and province to step up on public transit
If corporations and companies that are about to collapse are worthy of COVID-19 bailouts, so are public services
Corporate Bailouts or a Long Term Post COVID Strategy?
The federal government has just announced a new program to expand loans to struggling non financial corporations – the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility. It’s role deserves serious debate.
BC’s swift response to long-term care crisis sets the bar for other provinces
Today, four out of five Canadians who have died from COVID-19 in Canada are linked to long-term care homes. The first death from COVID-19 in Canada was an elderly resident...
Five tests to make sure bailouts benefit people, not corporations
Canada’s corporate bailouts need to cut out tax dodgers and profiteers, and show long-term commitments are attached to the money.
What Kind of Economic Recovery do Canadians Want?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread anxiety and concern for Canadians across the country. As they look ahead to the economic recovery, most are looking for a bold and ambitious...
Filipino Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 and the Importance of Race-Based Analysis
Filipino Workers on the Frontlines During COVID19 Globally and in Canada Warlito Valdez. Amor Padilla Gatinao. Daisy Dorinilla. Debbie Accad. Leilani Medel. Christine Mandegarian. These are just a few of...
Economy and climate need more than stimulus after COVID-19
Media reports say climate change mitigation will play a prominent role in the COVID-19 economic recovery, with the federal government planning to invest in the environment as part of its...
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, socioeconomic rights and the COVID-19 pandemic
This blogpost was originally written in French, and has been translated to English below. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restrictions have been placed on fundamental rights and...
Lift the Floor: Provincial Responses to the Coronavirus Crisis
The Institute’s first convening in our new digital series explored how provinces have a critical role to play to meet the needs of people and communities during the pandemic and...
Completing the promise of Medicare
In the early 1960’s, a CCF government (the CCF was the precursor to the NDP) in Saskatchewan successfully lit the path towards what we now know nationally as Medicare, a...
