Capitalism

11/03/20
Author: 
Jon Schwarz
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 2020, in New York City. Stocks were up slightly in morning trading following a week that saw a massive sell-off due to fears over a new coronavirus. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

March 6 2020

IF YOU’VE BEEN spending any time online or watching cable TV, you’ve gotten the message that humanity now faces two grave threats — a novel coronavirus and the crashing stock market — of roughly equal importance.

11/03/20
Author: 
Stephen Groves

March 5, 2020

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to revive the state’s criminal and civil punishments for riots passed a final Senate vote on Thursday and will next proceed to her desk.

10/03/20
Author: 
The Big Story
Foodora  worker

Mar 10, 2020

In today’s Big Story podcast, in what’s being called an historic precedent, Foodora couriers in Ontario recently won the right to join a union. The food delivery app calls its couriers “independent entrepreneurs”, but the workers disagree with that term, citing low wages, unreliable work hours, and safety issues on the job.

What went into this fight? And what could this win mean for the future of Foodora and other food delivery services?

07/03/20
Author: 
D. T. Cochrane
Ottawa building

Mar. 5, 2020

Other public funds through court and police actions are also being used to subsidize the companyOther public funds through court and police actions are also being used to subsidize the company

As the solidarity movement with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs continues across the country, a federal Crown corporation is considering a loan to Coastal GasLink.

06/03/20
Author: 
Carl Surran, SA News Editor 
Mar. 5, 2020

Defending the business of fossil fuels and resisting targets on carbon emissions, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) CEO Darren Woods today called pledges by some of its Big Oil rivals to cut carbon dioxide emissions a "beauty competition" that would do little to halt climate change.

06/03/20
Author: 
CBC News
The company behind plans to build a liquefied natural gas plant by the Saguenay port says the loss of a significant investor doesn't mean the end of the project. (Radio-Canada)

Mar 05, 2020 

Berkshire Hathaway opts not to invest $4B in liquified natural gas plant and pipeline

Warren Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway has decided not to invest $4 billion in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant by the Saguenay port.

The marine terminal to ship LNG to overseas markets is slated to be built roughly 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, at a cost of $9.5 billion.

03/03/20
Author: 
Salmaan Farooqui
Protesters gather outside the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada mining industry convention in Toronto on Sunday, March 1, 2020. Photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

March 2nd 2020

More than 100 people protested outside a mining convention Sunday in downtown Toronto, where they blocked traffic on multiple roads and stood in front of entrances to the event.

Organizers said they were demonstrating against the harmful effects of resource extraction to the environment and to Indigenous lands.

At one point, protesters attempted to enter the convention but were stopped by police.

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