Opinion

Quitting a job: What if you want to take it all back?
Quitting is a normal part of any employment relationship. Any employee contemplating doing so will have hopefully made the right… Continue reading “Quitting a job: What if you want to take it all back?”

Worker cooperatives: A path to equality
Quickly. Can you name five cooperatives? La Siembra Cooperative sells delicious Fair Trade chocolate bars, my bank is the Waterloo… Continue reading “Worker cooperatives: A path to equality”

Our shared destiny: Understanding life in small towns
People who reside in small towns, much more than in large cities, have a shared destiny. We are not lost… Continue reading “Our shared destiny: Understanding life in small towns”

Nobody needs my opinion on this
There has been a lot of hand-wringing in some quarters over the release of the National Inquiry into Missing and… Continue reading “Nobody needs my opinion on this”

Worker cooperatives: More resilience, productivity, and equality
Quickly. Can you name five cooperatives? La Siembra Cooperative sells delicious Fair Trade chocolate bars, my bank is the Waterloo… Continue reading “Worker cooperatives: More resilience, productivity, and equality”

Problems are solved by ideas, not memes
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield once quipped “The way my luck is going, if I were a politician I would be honest.”… Continue reading “Problems are solved by ideas, not memes”

Happy Canada Day, my imperfect country
My father was a drifter before he met my mother. From the age of 15 when he left home, he… Continue reading “Happy Canada Day, my imperfect country”

