Human Rights
Time for a Basic Income Now
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the capacity of our health-care system to respond. The pandemic has brought into full view the inequality and weaknesses on our economic system. Our economic system is based on consumption and our ability to consume (or pay for what we have already consumed). Regrettably a high percentage of people do not…
Read MoreInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This day falls on a particularly trying time, and one that highlights the work that still needs to be done. Currently, migrant workers and refugees are in a precarious situation, with limited access to healthcare. Black and Indigenous communities are already disproportionately and economically…
Read MoreJustice, Blockades, Environment and the Economy
The entire country is glued to the news waiting for the latest developments on what will happen with the blockades, the pipeline, the police, and the economy. Many Canadians do not recognize Canada as a colonial power. The majority do not have the experience of residential schools or the 60s Scoop, let alone the historical…
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