The flying experience is increasingly miserable, for both passengers and the people working the cabin. While Air Canada executives rake in millions, flight attendants are unpaid for large parts of their job and ready to strike.
Wins, losses and deep thoughts
A proposed wealth tax on Canada’s richest 0.6% could raise hundreds of billions of dollars — enough to tackle housing, transit, and care. The sheer scale of what a tiny slice of billionaire wealth could fund is staggering.
The shadow of war spreads
The weaponization of ‘balance’ increasingly permeates our society. It emerges when powerful institutions call police to suspend free speech or shut down protests in the name of ‘safety’ when really, there’s no realistic danger.
Here, there and everywhere
“They’re all part of the same industry. It’s not necessarily who is taking jobs from whom, it's the same industry. No one is stealing from anybody. There’s shrinkage on both sides of the border.”
Hot war, cold war, trade war, class war
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