Month: February 2020

First nations’ railway protests in Canada

This is not something Justin Trudeau can solve in one or two weeks. This problem goes back to 150-200 years and there is no magic wand to fix this. Even a “fix” is not clear what it would be. First nations are divided themselves. Can you have both? Preserve way of life and culture and participate in the creation of goods and services? This is the question. To some degree yes, to some degree no.

UCP’s health care privatization plan in Alberta

This is not new. Past conservative governments are attempted the same. The plan now is to fund from public money certain health services you can access for pay. At the same time cut government services in health care. The rationale is the same as always. It is ideologically driven and does not make any economic sense at all. Let’s look at it how does it work.