Tag: Robert Reich

VIDEO. Senate created to keep “the people” in check: retired senator

Published December 17, 2014

Why does Canada have an appointed Senate? According to retired Conservative Senator Hugh Segal, “it’s because at the beginning of the country, the Fathers of Confederation (I use the term advisedly) weren’t prepared to actually trust the people with all the democratic decision-making they deserved.” “It’s a Canadian thing,” Segal adds. Indeed, here’s what Sir […]

VIDEO. Robert Reich to CEOs: you’re not the job creators

Published November 22, 2014

Robert Reich sure doesn’t need much time to rip apart conservative talking points on the economy. The author of 13 books, Reich is featured in the award-winning documentary Inequality For All. – See more at: http://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/blog/spotlight-inequality-broadbent-… The former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, featured in the award-winning documentary Inequality for All, needed just two […]

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