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Carney government replacing Islamophobia and antisemitism envoys with advisory council
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
The council on “Rights, Equality and Inclusion” will be made up of Canadian academics, experts and community leaders “with a mission to foster social cohesion, rally Canadians around shared identity, combat racism and hate in all their forms, and help guide the efforts of the Government of Canada… “Disagreement is legitimate, harmful or abusive conduct, including disinformation, is not.”
Tags: crime prevention, jurisdiction, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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The hoarded wealth of the superrich can do more good in the public’s hands, so let’s tax it: a book excerpt
Sunday, January 18th, 2026
… the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians increased their share of total Canadian wealth from 18 per cent to 26 per cent between 2010 and 2019, while the share of wealth owned by every other income group in Canada declined… while Canadians at almost every income level pay a substantial portion of their incomes in tax, billionaires do not… a wealth tax… could raise billions of dollars that could create a better-functioning democracy with a more hopeful, well-nourished and empowered citizenry.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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100 highest-paid CEOs now make 248 times more than average workers in record-breaking year
Sunday, January 4th, 2026
“CEO pay is mostly bonuses now, bonuses tied in some form to those corporate profits. When inflation drives profits, it also drives CEO pay through the stratosphere… CEO pay continues to soar without restraints… And tax rates on Canada’s richest are well below where they used to be. Meanwhile food bank demand has hit all-time highs. We need to take action on income and wealth inequality in Canada, and taxation can be the control we need.”
Tags: economy, standard of living, tax
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Tax havens cost Canada some $15 billion a year in revenue. Is Ottawa’s crackdown working?
Sunday, January 4th, 2026
Taxing corporations and high net-worth families fairly is more important than ever. Canada needs the economic activity, governments need the tax revenue, and Canadians need to know that the tax system that they pay into — year in, year out — is equitable… If the entities you’re trying to stymie specialize in hiding behind complexity, adding even more complexity may make things worse. Simpler rules, on the other hand, could help.
Tags: economy, globalization, standard of living, tax
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Money is changing hands, not the system
Friday, November 14th, 2025
Pay equity isn’t just about fairness—it’s about unleashing economic potential and creating a more just society… It’s time to decouple maternity and parental benefits from Employment Insurance. Childcare and postnatal care are work, not unemployment… Ten per cent of the labour force is self-employed… Tax reform is a powerful tool to fund public services while decreasing the wealth gap. An increase in the capital gains inclusion rate, paired with an annual and indexed lifetime exemption threshold, will allow for greater tax fairness.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, tax, women, youth
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When mental-health diagnoses become brands, the real drivers of our psychic pain are hidden
Monday, September 15th, 2025
The mental-illness health epidemic is growing alongside a crisis of economy and political legitimacy in Western societies. The distress and insecurity produced becomes another source of profiteering in the marketized economy where personhood is socially produced through individualized consumption… this enables distraction from social causes of distress such as poverty, inadequate housing, social injustice, discrimination, exclusion, and chronic financial insecurity; alongside militarism, and appalling levels of violence inflicted by governments on global citizens they control (or try to control).
Tags: featured, housing, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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To solve Canada’s housing crisis, we need to change the way we think about wealth
Monday, June 23rd, 2025
… younger generations are uniquely burdened by Canada’s tax code and its outdated understanding of affluence, which is no longer primarily based on income but on assets. Canadian wealth today is about what you own, not what you make — and whether you own depends largely on when you were born…. younger workers are paying taxes at rates originally meant for the wealthiest Canadians, all while struggling to achieve the markers of even a historically lower-middle-class lifestyle.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Thursday, December 26th, 2024
The perception of a worsening cost of living, combined with seeing Canada as significantly more unequal, is creating a perfect storm for a deteriorating sense of control in everyday life… This is a worrying trend for our collective psychological well-being. The most powerless people tend to be the most distressed and distrustful of others — two indicators that reflect the daily sense of alarm, hopelessness and suspicion that powerless Canadians may feel when thinking of the economy.
Tags: economy, ideology
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I’ve dated a billionaire and lived on minimum wage. This is the one, radical solution to the inequalities I’ve seen
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Our economic system was born of the false premise that if the wealthy are prioritized in government policies, their wealth will trickle down to the poor. Since 2020, the world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes. Recently, the CBC reported that “income inequality in Canada (had) hit the highest level ever recorded.”… Minimum wage increases have little impact in a system that enables and perpetuates kleptocracy.
Tags: poverty, rights, standard of living, tax
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Pierre Poilievre’s vision for Canada: Heaven for the very rich and squat for everyone else
Friday, June 14th, 2024
… the real redistribution in recent years hasn’t been the small bit directed toward benefits for ordinary Canadians but rather the gush of money toward the wealthiest Canadians. In 2021, the richest .01 per cent saw their incomes grow on average by a stunning 30 per cent to $12.5 million a year, while the incomes of 14 million working Canadians actually declined, according to Statistics Canada.
Tags: budget, standard of living, tax
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