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Housing costs are crushing Canadians, yet our cities remain trapped in market-first thinking. Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan in New York takes a different approach: build public housing, strengthen tenant power, and confront real estate speculation head-on.
It's time Canadian cities caught up.
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My latest for Canadian Dimension; good things can happen, they could even happen here!
CRA cuts will benefit tax-dodging corporations and the wealthy, while costing the rest of Canadians in lost revenue, benefits, and public services. 💸
Read our joint op-ed with @c4tf.bsky.social in @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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In this new article, co-authored with Will Paul, we argue that the struggle against autocracy is not simply a political challenge but an educational and cultural one. This requires a renewed commitment to democratic values and collective resistance.
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Laurence Braun-Woodbury
"Treachery Trail," Evin Collis, 2026
Doug Ford’s government is turning Ontario schools into laboratories of conformity—where dissent is discouraged, critical inquiry is treated as a threat, and democratic education is steadily hollowed out.
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Henry Giroux
The future will be shaped not only by those who wield power, but by those who decide whether education remains a force for critical consciousness, civic courage, and democracy. The question is not whether education is political, but whether it will serve domination or become a practice of freedom.
It is becoming clear where workers fit within Carney's Canada Strong framework. Labour is treated as “human capital”: workers are inputs to production, and their value is measured by the economic returns they generate and labour market demand. Worker rights are largely absent from the narrative.
Ottawa loves talking about forced labour when it happens overseas. But when migrant workers in Canada are tied to a single employer for their job, housing, immigration status, and survival, the urgency seems to vanish. We can't keep pretending forced labour is only a foreign supply-chain problem.
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Climate activists can't afford to ignore social media and AI, writes Ricardo Grinspun. If we don't assert democratic control over the platforms that shape public understanding, the far-right and the forces of disinformation will continue to gain ground.
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New York’s democratic socialist mayor is putting public housing, tenant power, and decommodification at the centre of housing policy, and offering a model for Canadian cities struggling with affordabi...
At stake is more than educational policy. What is being contested is whether education will nurture critically engaged citizens capable of resistance, or produce subjects trained for adaptation, silen...
It is becoming clear where workers are placed in the Team Canada Strong framework. Labour is treated as “human capital”: workers are inputs to production, future workers are “investments,” and their v...
Housing costs are crushing Canadians, yet our cities remain trapped in market-first thinking. Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan in New York takes a different approach: build public housing, strengthen tenant power, and confront real estate speculation head-on.
It's time Canadian cities caught up.
At its best, education refuses to accept the world as presented by the powerful, the financial elite, or the enablers of fascism. This is why authoritarian regimes relentlessly target teachers, univer...
At stake is more than educational policy. What is being contested is whether education will nurture critically engaged citizens capable of resistance, or produce subjects trained for adaptation, silen...
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New York’s democratic socialist mayor is putting public housing, tenant power, and decommodification at the centre of housing policy, and offering a model for Canadian cities struggling with affordabi...canadiandimension.com
Climate activists rightly focus on fossil fuels and emissions, but another obstacle is often overlooked: social media platforms that profit from misinformation, polarization, and climate denial. Ricar...
Donald Trump’s proposed forced labour tariffs have reignited a debate Canada has long avoided. While Ottawa focuses on imported goods and foreign supply chains, critics—including labour advocates, res...
