Alex Hemingway

Trump and Trudeau's 'stealth privatization' will be at the taxpayer's expense

PolicyNote — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:59:28 +0000

As with most of Donald Trump's policy ideas, details are still sparse on his plan for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure. But two main pillars of the plan, outlined during the election campaign, stand out. First, he's talking a big game -- a proposed $1 trillion in infrastructure investment to be "spurred" over 10 years. Second -- and here's the rub -- the Trump plan would move to privatize infrastructure on an unprecedented scale, lining the pockets of investors with huge tax breaks in the process.

Panama Papers confirm Canada's tax system is in desperate need of repair

the views expressed — Mon, 09 May 2016 22:48:14 +0000

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A string of revelations about tax avoidance have made headlines in recent months, from the Panama Papers and KPMG Canada's tax shelter business, to a local incident involving the resignation of a UBC Board member following a tax avoidance case lost in B.C. Supreme Court.

Three reasons Bill C-51 should be an election issue

Behind The Numbers — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:02:44 +0000

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Few understand the dangers of the security state run amok better than Canadian author and human rights advocate Dr. Monia Mazigh.

Fossil fuel divestment: Eroding the 'hydrocarbon industry's social licence to operate'

Campus Notes — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:47:46 +0000

"It always seems impossible until it is done." - Nelson Mandela

The fossil fuel divestment movement may be far from "done," but the movement has struck an undeniable chord in recent months. Across North America and around the world, hundreds of campaigns are springing up at universities, religious institutions and local governments, demanding that these institutions withdraw their investments from the powerful, carbon-polluting fossil fuel industry. According to new research from the University of Oxford, fossil fuel divestment is "growing faster than any previous divestment campaign," including the anti-apartheid movement of the 1980s.