No joke: string of Tory cuts kick in on April 1

Published April 1, 2014

On Day 1 of the federal government’s fiscal year, here’s a sampling of Conservative cuts coming to Canada. Health care Tuesday marks the start of $36 billion in Conservative cuts to Canada’s health care system after the 10-year health accord expired on March 31. The $41 billion agreement with the provinces provided stable funding and […]

Why the austerity agenda is bunk

Published March 30, 2014

Watch economist Mariana Mazzucato, author of The Entrepreneurial State: debunking private vs. public sector myths, explain in 140 seconds why governments that cut in bad economic times are wrong. The University of Sussex professor, whose book was one of the Financial Times’ 2013 books of the year, was in Ottawa over the weekend to deliver […]

Going once, going twice, sold!

Published October 28, 2013

Imagine selling your prized assets, even though you use them everyday and they’re a great long-term investment? Well, that’s an idea some conservatives in a Toronto riding think their party should endorse at the Conservative convention later this week: sell “public assets where feasible with the proceeds of the sales being used to pay down […]