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‘Against The People’ and the truth about ‘populist’ Doug Ford

Friday, January 31st, 2025

In every public policy area, “the voices of the public, civil society organizations, local governments and the provincial public service Ford has aggressively marginalized as red tape”… Consistently, Ford is following the Conservative strategy of “creating a crisis” and then corporatizing and privatizing the solution, transferring wealth to the wealthy and keeping wages low.

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Doug Ford’s $612-million beer boondoggle tab could hardly have arrived at a worse time for him

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Why starve hospitals and deprive patients of family physicians while pouring money down the drain for beer and wine?… Ford had the past seven years to make good on his promises — on health care and housing, if not booze. Yet only on Monday, on the eve of an election, did his government come forward with a last-minute plan to give two million more Ontarians access to a family doctor within four years (in time for another election).

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Rage is having its moment, but author Carol Off sees hope for return to civility

Friday, January 24th, 2025

She… examines six words, in six chapters, that she believes are in danger of losing meanings that have been well-earned and hard fought: “Freedom,” “Democracy,” “Truth,” “Woke,” “Choice,” and “Taxes.”… The “freedom” call grows loudest from those who believe their place in society is slipping… and their definition of freedom means they are liberated from responsibilities to strangers or the constraints of government…

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Doug Ford always had a mandate to invest in Ontario, he just didn’t do his job

Friday, January 24th, 2025

Does the current government have the mandate to expand child care provision, tackle the colossal school repair backlog, reduce emergency room waiting times and assist the more than 100,000 Torontonians relying on food banks and 80,000 Ontarians experiencing homelessness? It does.
Yet, that’s not the focus. Year in and year out, the Ontario government’s attention and dollars have been poured into populist and nonsense measures nobody asked for.

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Stream of election gimmicks and promises will violate our human rights obligations

Friday, November 29th, 2024

All of these proposals rely on borrowing money so it can be sent to many people who don’t need it… Meanwhile, homelessness, food insecurity, and poverty are on the rise, and this comes with both immediate and long-term costs. Governments would be wise to invest every extra dollar they have in proven solutions, such as a stronger income security system and non-market housing sector… our governments [are] obligated to steer our society toward the fulfillment of everyone’s human rights…

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This is why you need the CBC

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

Public media can lead the way in charting a course for all media to use AI ethically, and in ways that diminish rather than contribute to the flow of misinformation… developing and testing ways to encourage civil online conversations as an antidote to the harmful, toxic online discourses that are fed by misinformation and disinformation.

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I cover the far right for a living. This is why I wasn’t surprised to find Canadians embedded in an alleged Russian propaganda scheme

Monday, September 16th, 2024

… Tenet Media produced at least 51 videos this year focused on Canada that were viewed half-a-million times… on hot button cultural issues, including immigration, crime, gender and sexuality, as well as “anti-white” sentiment, unmarked residential school graves, and economic grievances about grocery prices and housing affordability… It is bad for our democracy when a significant slice of our population is being deliberately misled and even radicalized.

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Who wants you to believe taxes have risen 2000 per cent? Would-be Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre for a start

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

For decades the Fraser Institute has been using its ample resources to disconnect taxes in the public’s mind from all the benefits, services, programs and infrastructure that taxes provide… the effective tax rate Canadians pay has increased by 28 per cent since 1961… But… government today provides a lot more benefits than it did in 1961 — most notably, universal health coverage and old age pensions — major programs that have become essential to the well-being and financial security of Canadians.

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The Danger of Poilievre’s ‘Axe the Tax’ Scam Hits Home

Monday, August 5th, 2024

Opposition to climate action stems mostly from Canada’s largely foreign-owned fossil fuel industry, American dark-money-funded think tanks and Canada’s major newspaper chain, owned by American hedge funds… Emissions are being reduced, and with the Canada Carbon Rebate the vast majority of Canadians are financially better off under pollution pricing… Canada cannot slogan its way out of the climate crisis

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It is time for Canadians to confront Poilievre’s assault on decency

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

… extremist narratives have “increasingly normalized” threats to politicians and “have the potential to negatively affect the fabric of Canadian society.” Exploiting people’s frustrations and fears will do nothing to make life more affordable, improve access to health care, address climate change or strengthen equality. Canada’s common decency — the enduring values of civility and caring, honesty and humility — are central to understanding our country.

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