Bring down the vassal lords of Canadian capitalism
The estate tax is a tool that can bring down the neo-feudal capitalist lords.
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The social cost of unaffordable housing
Human need cannot be satisfied by the rentiers.
Razor-thin profit margins leave no room for social change
The similarities between Nike’s Colin Kaepernick advertising campaign and Gillette’s “The Best a Man Can Be” campaign are uncanny. Both campaigns take strong stances on…
Nationalize broadband services now
To universalize the internet in Canada, broadband must be nationalized.
Bell, let’s talk about capitalism
The structures of capitalism often diminish mental health, not help it.
“Vice” (2018) is great, but gets much wrong
An examination of the film Vice (2018) and its blind spot for structural issues.
How Trudeau turned his brick house into straw
Trudeau is on his way to bungling the 2019 federal election.
Toward a new politics with a Prairie ethos
A new political vision for Canada needs to be constructed with the Prairie ethos at its core. The Prairies is a strange place with a…
Talking with money
Mr. Wonderful, who ran a failed a Conservative Party of Canada leadership campaign in 2017, still owes over $400,000 in campaign debt.
Scrooge was right about charities
Public social programs are philosophically and practical superior to charities.