A tax plan that includes progressive taxation and the creation of a sovereign wealth fund have the potential to improve lives post-pandemic.
On July 30, 2020, the Ontario government quietly released a study on staffing in long-term care. The government-initiated report recognizes "the critical importance of staffing in long-term care homes" and says the government must "urgently address the staffing crisis in long-term care, make long-term care homes a better place to live and work, implement staffing approaches that reflect and respond to the complexity of the sector and diverse resident needs."
It’s taken a pandemic for the Ontario government to finally grasp the vital role that personal support workers play in our health-care system, acknowledge how overworked they are and do something about how poorly they’re paid.
Carsharing returned to Calgary last month with the arrival of Montreal-based Communauto.
The news was celebrated with roughly the same fervour as car2go's abrupt departure in 2019 was mourned. Although Communauto's initial rollout will feature a much smaller zone of operation, smaller fleet and more restrictive parking measures than car2go, many hailed it as a step in the right direction.
Of course, that depends on where it is we're trying to go.
Where a pessimist sees risk, an optimist perceives opportunity. Canada’s cleantech entrepreneurs are the ultimate optimists, trying to provide the world with solutions for its growing environmental crises.
Momentum is building against the Trudeau government’s planned purchase of 88 new fighter jets with more than twenty rallies planned across the country on Friday, October 2. This is the second national day of action against the Liberal’s planned fighter jet purchase in just the last two months.