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The deficit is not an economic problem—it’s a political weapon Mark Carney’s new budget exposes how Canada’s political class weaponizes the deficit to protect elites and justify austerity. Despite alarmist rhetoric, Canada’s debt is modest and self-financed. The ...

Our politicians use the deficit as a rhetorical cudgel to keep their friends rich while pushing austerity on the rest of us.

A deficit paid by workers and a bailout for the wealthy Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17 billion, yet ordinary Canadians face cuts to essential services while the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loo...

Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17B, yet ordinary folks face cuts to essential services while the ultra-rich and corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loopholes and taxing offshore wealth could fully fund health care, housing, and education—proving the crisis is a political choice.

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Canadians are on year three of a people’s recession The disconnect between big economic indicators and Canadians’ day-to-day experience is a gap our political leaders seem unable or unwilling to bridge. Indeed, parliamentarians have gotten in the habit...

We’re told the economy is fine because GDP keeps rising. But Canada’s growth is powered by rent extraction, not production. With household debt at 150% of GDP, the system expands only by charging more for what already exists. This isn’t a recovery—it’s a managed decline.

The supply and demand myth of housing It is clear that supply and demand curves are not sufficient for understanding the housing crisis. We can build all we want, but if we are building houses as financial assets prices are going to stay ...

The housing crisis will not be resolved by increasing supply, but by increasing the right kind of supply. Constructing more homes will only lower costs if they are kept out of reach of investors and paired with significant non-market alternatives.

Blood in the endowment The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

If academic institutions won’t divest from companies fuelling genocide, what does that say about their commitments to human rights, or to the very idea of knowledge in service of the public good?

Reconciliation is neither possible nor desirable, since there was never a positive relationship in the first place. Nonetheless...

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Mark Carney is no wartime homebuilder Over the past three decades our governments have once again walked away from direct housing provision and, for the third time in a century, allowed the private sector to make a mess of our housing sys...

Mark Carney invokes wartime housing as inspiration for his $13B plan. But unlike the 1940s, when Ottawa directly built and managed affordable homes, his approach relies on P3s and market sales—policies that risk deepening, not solving, the housing crisis.

I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...

Mark Carney presents himself as the steady hand Canada needs, but his politics amount to neoliberalism with a friendlier face. Canada needs more than tinkering around the edges of capitalism—we need a government willing to confront capital itself.

How the Liberals are eroding workers’ Charter-protected rights Prime Minister Mark Carney is presenting himself as a politician who has a vision of a new, more prosperous and sovereign Canada. Yet, whatever he and his government have in mind, writes Harry Glasbee...

The Liberals no longer legislate workers back to work. They outsource it using obscure provisions to suspend strikes and impose deals.

It’s not just anti-union, it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”

Coming soon: DURF Expanded An updated and expanded version of DURF, the acclaimed rules-light dungeon-fantasy RPG.

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What if productivity isn’t the problem? Canada’s so-called productivity crisis isn’t about lazy workers—it’s about complacent executives, protected oligopolies, and metrics that reward speculation over real value. If being “productive” mean...

Canada’s “productivity crisis” isn’t about lazy workers—it’s about protected oligopolies and metrics that reward speculation over real value. If being “productive” means enriching landlords and gutting public services, maybe we need to be less productive.

Alberta covered $150M in oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent | The Narwhal Issue of oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent in Alberta is ‘intertwined’ with unpaid municipal taxes, cleanup bills: law professor

When oil and gas companies are unable, or unwilling, to pay rent they owe to landowners where they have wells, the Alberta government pays it for them.

The tab is now nearly $150 million since 2010, Sharon J. Riley reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024

GSBC Update #31: AUPE and Minister of Finance agree to enhanced mediation, upcoming town halls Update for Locals 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 009 & 012, Government of Alberta

Attention Government of Alberta members‼️ AUPE and the Minister of Finance agreed to start enhanced mediation to successfully conclude the current round of bargaining.

Don't miss the telephone town halls August 6 and 7.

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On CBC media capitulation and HonestReporting Canada CBC’s repeated caving to a highly biased pro-Israel advocacy group like HonestReporting Canada takes up a place within the larger context of right-wing populism on the rise in Canada today. According ...

CBC has quietly censored pro-Palestinian voices under pressure from HonestReporting Canada—a group openly aligned with the Israeli state. In doing so, the broadcaster has traded journalistic integrity for appeasement, and lost credibility on all sides.

In Store Sale! We let you know in the newsletter that a sale was coming July 26/27, but we got impatient and launched parts of it early! Includes markdowns of 50% on select games! And we're clearing a bunch of demo games too, most in the $1-20 range. #yeg #boardgames

More deals to be announced!

How the Liberals are eroding workers’ Charter-protected rights Prime Minister Mark Carney is presenting himself as a politician who has a vision of a new, more prosperous and sovereign Canada. Yet, whatever he and his government have in mind, writes Harry Glasbee...

The Liberals no longer legislate workers back to work. They outsource it, using labour boards and obscure provisions to suspend strikes and impose deals.

It’s not just anti-union—it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”

NEW from Harry Glasbeek:

A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance edited ve... This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and...

A must read, devastating, Report by Francesca Albanese (UN Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967) on the global economic foundations of the Palestinians' genocide: THE ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE.

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Carney promised resistance and delivered retreat Carney became prime minister on the backs of progressive voters desperate to stop a Trump–Poilievre axis from sweeping North America. But so far, his policies have served mainly to placate Trump and v...

Mark Carney rode anti-Trump rhetoric to power, only to cave to corporate interests, adopt MAGA-lite policies, and betray the very voters who put him in office.

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Israel kills at least 43 Palestinians in Gaza, including aid seekers Among the dozens killed are 20 aid seekers, as NGO warns Israel is also deliberately blocking energy access.

While almost everyone has fallen for Netanyahu's ploy of focusing on Iranian-US-Israeli air strikes, Israel has been intensifying its genocide. For the sake of humanity, ALL EYES ON GAZA! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Gah, haven't been able to find a reasonably priced copy of Titan. The hunt continues

Why Housing First failed in Canada To end homelessness we must reclaim housing from the investor class, produce homes as if they were essential goods rather than investment vehicles, and ensure that all Canadians have the resources nec...

To end homelessness we must reclaim our housing infrastructure from the investor class, produce homes as if they were essential goods rather than investment vehicles, and ensure that everyone has the resources to lead dignified, comfortable lives.

Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw Toronto’s new bubble zone anti-protest bylaw is both more and less dangerous than it may appear at first glance. Less because the bylaw’s enforceability and constitutionality are shaky, more because t...

Lawfare is increasingly being wielded to bolster the state’s ability to repress and criminalize pro-Palestinian movements.

NEW from @irinaceric.bsky.social of @windsorlaw.bsky.social on Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw:

Mark Carney is no wartime homebuilder Over the past three decades our governments have once again walked away from direct housing provision and, for the third time in a century, allowed the private sector to make a mess of our housing sys...

Our governments continue to allow the private sector to make a mess of our housing system. We know from our nation’s history that only strong non-market alternatives will restore affordability and get people into the homes they deserve.

Crowd holding two signs that say: "YES!" GOA members voted 90.1% in favour of strike action!

ICYMI: GOA members know what they want and they know how to get it!

YES to fair wages.
YES to better working conditions.
YES to strike action!

AUPE members working for the Government of Alberta have until 4:30 p.m. today to vote YES to a strong stike mandate.
Log in to your MyAUPE account on aupe.org to vote. ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿

I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...

Mark Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term—and when he’s through we will be even more vulnerable to far-right demagogues like Pierre Poilievre.

We deserve better.