Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto Canada’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, which provides emergency assistance to cope with the expected dramatic economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, contains an important clause that may get overlooked. […]
Jerome Gessaroli, British Columbia Institute of Technology The federal and provincial governments have announced massive emergency spending measures to ease the financial hardships many Canadians are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quick and significant […]
Andrew Bauer, University of Waterloo Facing an unprecedented global crisis, it’s natural to turn to taxes for comfort. As strange or unwanted a claim as this seems, our tax system reflects our societal wants and […]
Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University These are unprecedented times. As we deal with the current coronavirus pandemic, we find our regular routines and habits altered and disrupted. Not-so-graceful displays of panic buying have been seen almost […]
Paula Larsson, University of Oxford Self-isolation. Quaratine. Lockdown. The outbreak of COVID-19 and its subsequent dissemination across the globe has left a shock wave of disbelief and confusion in many countries. Accompanying this wave has […]
Larry Savage, Brock University and Simon Black, Brock University The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout pose serious challenges for Canada’s workers. Naomi Klein’s 2007 bestseller, The Shock Doctrine, documented how political and economic elites […]
Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County On Saturday the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of two antimalarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and a related medication, chloroquine, for emergency use to treat COVID-19. The drugs […]
Brae Anne McArthur, University of Calgary and Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary During this pandemic, it is fair to say that pre-COVID-19 family routines may shift, or even completely fall apart! In our new COVID-19 […]
Inderveer Mahal, University of Toronto The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed how doctors provide health care. This public health crisis has shifted the paradigm on how Canadians access medical care and has ushered in the new […]
To help ease the financial burden of Covid-19, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government is providing financial assistance to employed and self employed Canadians. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) will provide a $2,000 taxable benefit for […]
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