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Pages tagged "Covid-19"


In Case You Missed it: Pandemic Policy Ideas

Posted on News & Blogs by Broadbent Institute · December 15, 2020 1:13 PM

Over the course of the pandemic, staff at the Broadbent Institute have been putting forth policy ideas and commentary on how best to support workers; build back a fair and just economy; and, our vision for Canada’s post-pandemic future. Some of these pieces weren't catalogued at the time they were published, so we’ve compiled a list of past work written by staff, that you may have missed:

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Employer paid sick days are needed now

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah · December 08, 2020 1:45 PM

The federal government’s Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) was always meant to be a temporary program to fill holes in workplace legislation. The time is right for implementing provincially-mandated, employer-paid sick days.

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Be Bold Minister Freeland

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · August 29, 2020 8:00 AM

Newly appointed minister of finance Chrystia Freeland faces the daunting task of putting Canada on the path to a more sustainable and equitable future. Inevitably, even while rightly continuing to run a large deficit for now, she will have to make some tough choices between competing, urgent priorities.

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Solving the Parent Trap: Ideas on Education and Childcare during COVID

Posted on Social Democracy by Broadbent Institute · August 27, 2020 11:00 AM

Ideas on Education and Childcare during COVID

Those with young and school-aged children are caught in an anxiety-inducing parent trap. Parents are having sleepless nights fearing for their jobs while also being worried about the health and well-being of their kids. But we argue that it shouldn’t be this way. Solving the Parent Trap is a policy series on transforming childcare and education featuring ideas from Janet Davis, Nigel Barriffe, Marit Stiles, Beyhan Fahardi and Maria Dobrinskaya and edited by Katrina Miller and Brittany Andrew-Amofah.

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Economic Recovery: Getting it Right for Women

Posted on News & Blogs by Janet Davis · August 27, 2020 11:00 AM

Canadian families are emerging tentatively from the cocoon of lockdown, quarantine, home schooling, remote working, and temporary income support—and are asking what comes next. While governments responded swiftly to support workers, families, and businesses as the pandemic began to take its toll, the response also exposed the stagnant inadequacy Canada’s social infrastructure.

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Recovering from COVID with a green transition

Posted on News & Blogs by Rick Smith · August 10, 2020 9:16 AM

Trying to find a silver lining in the current COVID crisis is not easy, but there is a growing realization around the world that the place to look is in the transition to a greener economy.

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Solidarity after the Pandemic: Basic Income or Basic Services?

Posted on News & Blogs by Edward Xie & Danyaal Raza · July 23, 2020 8:00 AM


People are struggling. As front-line workers in emergency rooms, isolation shelters and clinics, we see how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated health and livelihoods. We’ve witnessed the toll that the last several months has taken on workers, families, and marginalized communities.

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Explainer: Implementing Paid Sick Days and Paid Sick Leave

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah & Angella MacEwan · July 20, 2020 10:27 AM

Canada has done a good job curbing the COVID-19 curve, and after a months-long shutdown many people are eager to resume regular routines. In order to keep transmission rates low while we reopen, many regions are implementing preventative public health measures, such as mandatory masks in indoor public spaces. Paid sick days and paid sick leave are an essential component of a safe re-opening, to protect workers and mitigate future outbreaks.

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COVID-19 results in historic rollbacks of Canadian environmental protections

Posted on News & Blogs by Rick Smith · June 18, 2020 8:00 AM

Though it’s difficult to measure these things, we may well be witnessing the most widespread rollbacks of environmental protections in Canadian history.

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A COVID-19 Recovery Plan Requires Keeping People Housed

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah · May 25, 2020 3:31 PM

The Institute’s Senior Policy Analyst Brittany Andrew-Amofah interviewed former Deputy Minister of Ontario & Manitoba Michael Mendelson on Canada's housing crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what housing solutions should be considered as Canada moves towards a recovery. Michael Mendelson is currently a Maytree Fellow. 

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