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Who Still Believes Postmedia Is Canadian-Controlled?
Postmedia’s escape from bankruptcy this week offers at least a tiny opportunity for critics who want the giant corporation’s grip on Canadian newspapers loosened… the U.S. hedge funds… get Postmedia at a discounted price… Our tax laws give Canadian-owned publications an advantage over foreign competitors… this week’s move gives the hedge fund lenders new shares equal to 98 per cent of the shares outstanding, further reducing the proportion of shares held by Canadians.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, privatization, tax
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Crucial lessons from Brexit vote and rise of Trump
The untold story is that entire swaths of our populations in Western countries have been left behind. Those without the privilege of higher education or access to a fluid employment market are struggling. It remains exceptionally challenging to find steady employment and, for many, the future remains unclear… many turn away from institutions they believe have guided them down this path…
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living
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Was the ghost of Marx haunting Brexit?
It certainly looks like a class struggle, doesn’t it? On one side are the winners in the global capitalist economy – well-educated, well-to-do, young, mobile, well-spoken, confident. On the other side are all those who have fallen behind, the losers – those without education, without prospects, sidelined by age and infirmity, crude, frightened, confused, inarticulate and very angry… The new global proletariat, finding itself increasingly marginalized and threatened, is now fighting back.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living
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End the secrecy over doctors’ billings
In a landmark ruling, John Higgins, an adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, found that the public has a right to see individual physicians’ revenues paid by the province.
He specifically ordered the release of names, specialties and the OHIP earnings of Ontario’s top 100 billers… Higgins ruled that the public should be allowed to know who such people are and what they’re charging the province for their services. He correctly found in favour of transparency and accountability.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, privatization, rights, standard of living
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Pay up, shareholders
2015 was a rough year for many of Canada’s resource companies, but that didn’t stop some boards from raising the amount they pay their CEOs, even as thousands were losing their jobs. Those who defend the practice say the larger paycheques are necessary to keep top executives in the fold in difficult times – while others believe it’s more important that corporate leaders share the pain being felt by their investors and employees.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, privatization, standard of living, tax
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Say no to more trade deals
… deals (they’re rarely called ‘free trade’ deals any more, just trade) written in secret with only corporate figures present alongside governments — versus workers,’ women’s’ or native organizations, environmentalists: basically everybody else — will reflect guess whose interests? … The chief argument… is that they raised wage levels in poor countries… there’s some truth to that but why does it fall solely on Western workers’ families to pay the price for such progress through their own desperate decline while the rich soar to levels never known before?
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, privatization, rights, standard of living
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To truly reduce inequality, Canada must question neoliberal policies
The policy of freeing up capital to cross international borders without restriction was meant to channel capital from countries where it is abundant (the rich countries) to those where it is scarce (developing countries). Access to foreign markets was supposed to deliver a win-win, with rich-country investors getting higher returns and developing-country borrowers getting capital more cheaply. Unfortunately, it has not worked this way, since much of the capital is short-term and speculative…
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living
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Bold Reforms Needed for Business Tax System – Leading Tax Experts
“The problem is most capital income can be sheltered and therefore the system is not meeting its intended goal… The current system also places most of the tax burden on labour and distorts firms’ investment decisions, financing decisions, risk-taking and innovation efforts. The system desperately needs reform.” The authors recommend changing the tax base from shareholder income to above-normal profits, or revenues above the normal costs of doing business.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, privatization, standard of living, tax
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Genetic testing bill perpetuates myths and fears
… the U.S. legislation was designed principally to ensure people were not denied health insurance for essential medical care. In Canada, we have universal health care, and there is no genetic discrimination. Only supplementary health-insurance and life-insurance coverage are at issue, areas where “discrimination” is the norm… The proposed legislation… perpetuate[s] mythology and unnecessary fears about the power of genetics, and distracts us from more real and pressing civil rights and health-related injustices.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, privatization, rights, standard of living
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Why American doctors are calling for Canadian-style medicare
Canada is in the midst of a legal battle threatening to pave the way for a multi-payer system resembling what has failed Americans. What’s at stake? A trial about to begin in British Columbia threatens to make the Canada Health Act unenforceable… The outcome of this trial could be that those who can pay for care would jump the queue, drawing doctors and other resources out of the public system. Those who can’t pay would likely wait longer.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, rights, standard of living
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