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Broadcast Act changes are not about freedom of speech
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Free speech is not the same as freedom to broadcast or freedom from accountability. Advocates for an absolutist definition of free speech that includes the freedom to exploit modern technology without consequence ignore the deleterious effects of this world view on broader society… It could be used for the benefit of humanity, but not without some dramatic changes to current terms of acceptable use. Unrestricted access to the most powerful broadcasting platform in history is nobody’s right.
Tags: featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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Trudeau government throws travel ban back into Ford’s lap as Ottawa-Ontario pandemic split widens
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
… if Ford wants to lock down his province at the borders, he has to shoulder his own responsibility for those measures.“… Doug Ford asked me to restrict international students. There’s been about 30,000 international students come into Ontario over the past months because they were approved by the Ontario government,” Trudeau said.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction
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Free speech is not at risk by supporting changes to the Broadcasting Act
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
… the outcry over Bill C-10 is being sustained by people whose ultimate goal is to kill the entire idea of Canadian cultural policy in the internet age. Yet, these self-styled martyrs for democracy are pushing fringe views that run counter to the values and preferences of the overwhelming majority of Canadians, who support sensible updates to Canada’s main media law… Conservative voters are among the most likely to believe that Facebook weakens Canadian democracy…
Tags: economy, ideology, privatization, rights, tax
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Budget 2021 Misses the Opportunity to #TaxtheRich
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
By implementing tax reforms like creating a wealth tax, implementing an excess pandemic profits tax, and closing tax loopholes, Canada can raise the revenue it needs to fund its post-pandemic recovery. We don’t have to choose between childcare and pharmacare; or making substantial investment in eldercare to implement new national standards the government has committed to establishing for Long-term care… by missing the opportunity to tax the rich, the government quite literally failed to cash in on what the people want.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, tax
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Trudeau should join Biden in rejecting suffocating ‘trickle-down’ economics
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Trudeau has shown some spine against the deficit hawks, but he has been timid about joining Biden’s campaign to tax the wealthy… Too bad. We could sure use the money to pay for needed programs. Besides, when nations co-operate, corporations have a hard time playing us off against each other in pushing for ever-lower taxes… if other countries follow the U.S. in policing their corporations this way “it’s the end of tax havens.”
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, tax
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Spending big money is responsible – when it protects our human rights
Friday, April 30th, 2021
In extraordinary times such as these, it is important to put the dignity of people first, even if the government has to shoulder the fiscal burden on our behalf… our primary concern should not be about how much will be spent, but rather about how that spending will support a dignified life for each person and community it serves. Not, how much does it cost? But rather, what will we get for it?… It is the government’s duty to spend – and spend big – to support our economic and social rights.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, Health, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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The Ford government has landed on the wrong fix for long-term care — again
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
There are compelling reasons — beyond just reducing the dangers of spreading COVID — to limit the practice of long-term-care homes relying on a revolving-door workforce of part-time staff with few benefits and temporary agency workers with too little training… it will always be hard to attract workers, and harder still to keep them, until the government truly takes steps to improve working conditions.
Tags: Health, housing, ideology, standard of living
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Budget 2021: A few steps forward on tax fairness, but much more needed
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
… the federal government could raise an additional $70 billion annually, by making our tax system more progressive, closing tax loopholes and tackling international tax dodging… “We’re glad this budget includes plans to close some corporate tax loopholes, including limits on interest deductibility, and increases funding for the CRA to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, but it’s time for the Liberal government to be much more ambitious, and have corporations pay their fair share of taxes”
Tags: budget, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Budget 2021 analysis: Does it deliver?
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
About two-thirds of the spending is short-term, related to COVID-19 and the final third carries over to the third year. The programs that extend to the long-term are child care (for which this budget is transformative), long-term care, some business supports and some environmental measures (around clean fuel and climate adaptation)… a historically large budget, but it’s within Canada’s ability to both deal with the impact of a global pandemic and to plant the seeds for a public-led recovery.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, Seniors, tax, women, youth
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The Ford government’s second pandemic budget is another missed opportunity
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
The budget unveils plans to “establish a task force to advise the government on how to address the unique and disproportionate economic barriers women face.” It’s ridiculous — the government already knows what to do. It should be making meaningful changes for women and other vulnerable workers now, not delaying action with a task force that will repeat what has been said before.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Health, ideology, participation, rights
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