Canadian Dimension

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Canada's leading voice of the independent left since 1963

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Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension Jan 21, 2025

INTRODUCING THE CD ARCHIVE!

Canadian Dimension teamed up with the University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections department to create this digital register of CD’s past issues, going all the way back to our 1963 inaugural edition.

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Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension 1d

"[W]hat’s being built is for investors. It’s not built for human need."

Former UN housing rapporteur and @make_theshift director @leilanifarha on why the housing crisis is about more than supply—and why the fight for justice must begin from below.
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canadiandimension.com Leilani Farha wants us to rethink everything we know about the housing crisis Leilani Farha, author of Housing Inc.: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home and former UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, speaks with CD about the powerful financial intere...

Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension 3d

After the US midterms, Democrats are pushing to tax Big Oil's windfall profits. Meanwhile, Carney's new budget offers the industry new tax breaks.

For a budget titled "Masters of Our Destiny," Ottawa seems content to let oil giants chart the course. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

canadiandimension.com Canada can’t keep hiding behind Trump to protect Big Oil Oil companies are reaping extraordinary returns from global instability while average households shoulder the inflation. Yet, while American politicians debate taxing windfall profits, the Carney...

Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension Nov 3

Ontario faces a shortage of 10,000 early childhood educators, yet its renewed child care agreement freezes their wage floor. Banking on the unwavering commitment of a workforce made up overwhelmingly of women is no substitute for decent pay. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

canadiandimension.com The myth that’s derailing affordable child care in Ontario Ontario’s renewed child care agreement freezes wages amid a severe workforce crisis. With an estimated shortage of 10,000 early childhood educators, chronic staffing shortages and skyrocketing...

Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension Nov 1

Galen Weston wants Canadians to believe grocery giants have no control over prices. But higher markups at the big chains have cost consumers $18 billion since 2020.

That's not just inflation—it's corporate profiteering. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

canadiandimension.com Competition Bureau study on grocery chains strengthens case for windfall tax in Canada The Competition Bureau’s study is just the latest in a string of evidence that corporate profiteering has cost Canadians gravely. Ottawa has now been given a range of policy options to address the...