Public Health and the Pandemic Whiplash
With the shift from collective care to a fend-for-yourself approach, regions that experienced success are now mired in failure and regret.
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COVID-19 and the Unravelling of Canadian Identity
Canada’s failed pandemic response further undermines foundational ideas of what the country is, how it works, and what it stands for.
The Pandemic Has Strained Social Relationships
The long-lasting impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on interpersonal relationships may be the worst effect of all.
Learning to Live (and Die) With It
Saying we must learn to live with COVID without a plan for how to do so is simply capitulation.
PERT and the Ghost of NL Budget 2016
It is not difficult to hear echoes of 2016 in the recent recommendations from the Premier’s Economic Recovery Team (PERT).
Thinking Outside the Crisis: The Pandemic & Social Unrest
Even before the pandemic, we were living in a revolutionary age. Now, long-standing injustices and inequalities are amplified by COVID-19.
Dwight Ball is Untouchable
If Dwight Ball has learned anything amid all the turmoil and unrest of his first mandate, it’s that it can’t touch him. He just needs to ride it out.
Climate Strike Newfoundland & Labrador: What Next?
Government has been saying the same thing for decades: we accept climate change is happening, but we’re not going to do anything to stop oil production.
Here’s why democracy is better
We need more democracy, not less