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Ontario is spending less and less on schools

The Ontario legislature’s expulsion of Jama exposes the limits of liberal inclusion—it’s about the struggle against settler colonialism, in Canada and in Palestine

Instead of undermining technology transfer provisions, Canada once played a key role in disseminating breakthrough medical technology

How many staff has your school board lost in the past few years?

Canada must heed opposition to investor-state dispute settlement and rethink trade deal with Ecuador

Shift Storm newsletter—March 2024 edition

Much-watched CUSMA case raises public morals and environmental justifications for Mexican food measures—and first-of-its-kind Indigenous Peoples’ defence

Canada’s latest federal budget has some real gains in it—and some really frustrating half-measures

The business lobby is spinning the tax increase as a middle class issue. It’s not.

It is too soon for the federal government to rest on its climate laurels.

2024 federal budget makes biggest investments in housing, care economy in generations with its second-to-last budget before an election

Financial Accountability Office paper is essential reading for every Ontarian

It would be a political mistake for PMs Trudeau and Attal to dismiss discontent with the Canada-EU trade deal

Capitalism and urbanization are deeply tied to one another—but what might a liberated city look like?

It is time for more cities to bring forward policies and practices for economic, social and climate justice as their primary goal

Applying an intersectional lens to multi-layered challenges in urban settings can lead the way to greater empowerment of community members in cities.