Towards a Just Recovery
The Fall Economic Statement released yesterday is necessarily shaped by a high degree of uncertainty. Despite promising reports that we may have an effective vaccine against Covid-19 within months, the...
A Statement from Ed Broadbent on the US Election
Well, it's the morning after. Like a great many Canadians, I spent yesterday with my mind restless and my gaze set firmly on voting in the U.S. This election has...
Deficit hawks’ blind spot on fair taxation and inequality
A recent C.D Howe report chastises the government’s commitment to implement national pharmacare and child care, while ignoring new fiscal tools at our disposal.
Report: Basic Income Guarantee
The speed and scale of job loss in the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown was unprecedented and disproportionately impacted low wage workers. This highlighted the fragility of our social safety net, especially...
Report: Medicare 2.0
As Canadians, we are rightly proud of our health care system. In 2004, the “Father of Medicare,” Saskatchewan politician and visionary Tommy Douglas, was crowned in a CBC poll as...
Report: Paying for the Recovery We Want
Within a few months, COVID-19 has imposed a global economic shock the like of which hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. The particular nature of this crisis, a pandemic...
The 2020 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture
Join us via zoom on October 20th from 1-2pm EDT the 2020 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture. This free event will feature a conversation with renowned trade union leader Leo Gerard. One of...
Speech from the Throne: Ambitious but Vague
There is a lot for progressives to like in the Speech from the Throne – promises of major new federal investments in child care, health care, including pharmacare, green jobs,...
Toronto Developers Short-changed Public Schools Hundreds Of Millions Of Infrastructure Dollars: Report
Toronto’s public schools are short hundreds of millions in dollars that ought to have been collected for infrastructure according to a report released today, “The Missing Money Our Schools Need...
Survey finds Canadians want to see bold new ideas in next week’s throne speech
Majority say they may not vote Liberal if government does not announce changes New information from a survey commissioned by the Broadbent Institute shows that a majority of Canadians (54...
