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WEBFounded in 1963, Canadian Dimension is a forum for debate on important issues facing the Canadian Left today, and a source for analysis of national and regional politics, labour, economics, world affairs and art.

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Ghada Alatrash: I almost lost my life waiting for emergency care in …

WEBFour weeks ago, I almost lost my life while waiting for emergency care in a Calgary hospital. The ironic part of the story is that I always thought of Canada as having saved my life from the brutal Syrian dictatorship I fled more than 30 years ago. But never would I have thought that my life would be threatened in Canada—and certainly not in a …

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Prospects for Canadian pharmacare – Canadian Dimension

WEBFact is, pharmacare is a reform in a capitalist economy. Another fact is that the economy is dominated by finance capital, resulting in potential for profit steering a lot of the decisions. And not just profit. These days, that potential also must include prospects for more profit than before, and more profit than competitors in the system.

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Public service unions leading fightback against feds’ remote work

WEBPSAC and other major public service unions have vowed a “ summer of discontent ” in retaliation for the government’s abrupt and unilateral update to its hybrid work policy, which currently requires workers in the office either two or three days a week. Of PSAC members surveyed by the union, 85 percent strongly oppose the three-day in

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A vision for transforming education in the face of climate and

WEBDirector General John Abbott College Cover letter, February 16, 2024. My vision for this CEGEP is guided by one question: What do students need from higher education as a young human on this planet at this extraordinary time?If we base the answer to that question in scientific consensus, preparing students for their futures requires …

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Amazon Is a 21st-Century Digital Chain Gang

WEBAmazon likes to see itself as a cutting-edge, 21st-century growth company, always working to expedite delivery to its customers, whether by means of a drone, or eliminating queueing and bagging at its newly acquired Whole Foods stores with a new smartphone app. Beneath this high-tech sheen, however, the online retailer and tech giant engages in

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Kagarlitsky the irrepressible – Canadian Dimension

WEBThe following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left, by sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky. As well as bringing Russian and Western thinkers into dialogue, Kagarlitsky draws upon his experiences as a Russian dissident since the latter days of the Soviet Union in this …

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Canada Post issues mass suspension for workers exercising their …

WEBOn February 16, over 40 CUPW members at a Canada Post processing plant in Edmonton exercised their right to complain at a pre-scheduled meeting with management, who initially refused to give them five minutes to read their prepared statement and threatened them with discipline. Then those members were served with …

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Revolt in the universities – Canadian Dimension

WEBIt is a classic case of “reactive abuse.”. Raise your voice to decry injustice, react to prolonged abuse, attempt to resist, and the abuser suddenly transforms themself into the aggrieved. Princeton University, like other universities across the country, is determined to halt encampments calling for an end to the genocide.

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Canada woefully unprepared for second Trump presidency

WEBBut Canada is not planning to reduce dependence on the US if Trump wins again. Instead, Canada launched a charm offensive to convince Trump’s congressional allies to exempt Canada from his promised 10-per-cent worldwide tariff on imported goods. Trump is running on the credible idea that globalization cut US manufacturing jobs, …

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