Capitalism

19/01/25
Author: 
Primary Author: Compiled by Gaye Taylor
Jasper wildfire, Laura Durno/Twitter

Jan. 15, 2025

Canada’s insurance sector is raising alarms about the potential for the country to become “uninsurable” by 2035 due to insufficient policy action on escalating climate disasters. Meanwhile, a former California insurance official has criticized the industry for underwriting the very fossil fuel projects that worsen the climate crisis.

16/01/25
Author: 
Peter Boyle
Climate Change is a Class Issue - book cover

Nov. 29, 2024 

Climate Change is a Class Issue
By Sarah Glynn and John Clarke
2024
68pp, RRP $25.95
Free e-book available from climateandclass.net

This small book has already earned big praise from British socialist filmmaker Ken Loach, who described it as “vital”.

15/01/25
Author: 
Ellen Brown
https://popularresistance.org/beating-wall-street-at-its-own-game-the-bank-of-north-dakota-model/

Jan. 13, 2025

North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boasts the only state-owned bank in the nation? Has it secretly gone socialist?

02/01/25
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Suncor president and CEO Rich Kruger before testifying at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources in October 2023. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada's National Observer

Jan. 2, 2025

Canada’s 100 richest CEOs made 210 times more than the average worker in 2023, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals.

By 10:54 a.m. Thursday, the first official work day of the New Year, these CEOs will have already made, on average, $62,661 — as much as the average worker makes in a whole year.

30/12/24
Author: 
Khan, Adnan R.
Bales of crushed, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles in California (Wikimedia Commons)

Dec. 20, 2024

Efforts to target the plastic problem with better recycling, rather than a production cap, ignore how such programs turn potentially hazardous plastic waste into a commodity, fuelling a massive illicit trade

If you’re at all concerned about the alarming growth of plastic waste clogging our oceans and leaching toxins into our earth, this has not been a good year.

18/12/24
Author: 
Steven Tufts
Canada Post logo

Dec. 18, 2024 [The Globe and Mail (Ottawa/Quebec Edition)]

[The author mentions CUPW’s proposed vision for Canada Post, without naming it. Here it is: https://www.deliveringcommunitypower.ca/]

17/12/24
Author: 
David Macdonald

Dec. 16, 2024

I have no idea what this fiscal update even means given the chaos that preceded it. 

08/12/24
Author: 
Erica Shiner
A projection message from a group of "patriotic millionaires" ahead of the most recent G20 conference in Brazil. Taxing the rich was a theme at this year's G20. In Rio, activists projected more messages on buildings, demanding that international delegates "tax the super rich for people and planet."

Nov. 30, 2024

Canada’s real estate sector is collecting billions in profit while incentivizing landlords to evict tenants and keep driving up rents

Ahead of next year’s federal election, there’s still time for Canadians to avoid the trajectory of our southern neighbour. We can cast a vote to tax the rich instead.

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