Social Sciences in the News, May 2024

The Globe and Mail: Canada’s capital-gains tax change continues decades-old debate over economic growth and tax fairness, Adam Lavecchia

CBC Radio One 1010 AM/99.1 FM (CBR), May 1, Peter Graefe

Newstalk 1010 (CFRB), May 3, Vass Bednar

Global News: How caregiving impacts a generation of Canadians: ‘Unpaid work does not end’, May 4, Arthur Sweetman

The Globe and Mail: In Canada, we bank where we buy, May 5, Vass Bednar

CBC Front Burner: How Loblaw inspires anger, boycott, May 6, Vass Bednar

The New York Times: The constant work to keep a family connected has a name, May 8, Carolyn Rosenthal

Times Colonist: Competition Bureau to launch market study of Canadian airline sector, May 9, Vass Bednar

The Epoch Times: Competition Bureau to launch market study of Canadian airline sector, May 9, Vass Bednar

CTV News: What is basic income, and how would it impact me?, May 10, Jim Dunn

The Hill Times: Unions, experts call into question feds’ move to divest 50 per cent of property holdings while also calling for back-to-workplace policies, May 10, Stephanie Ross

CJMQ-FM: What is basic income, and how would it impact me?, May 10, Jim Dunn

Newstalk 770 CHQR, May 11, Vass Bednar

TVO Today: What if you want to boycott Loblaws but can’t?, May 13, Vass Bednar

Talk Radio AM640 (CFMJ), May 13, Vass Bednar

Radio NL (CHNL), May 14, Vass Bednar

Toronto Star: Border services workers at airports and crossings expected to vote for strike mandate Wednesday, could walk off the job by June, May 14, Stephanie Ross

Toronto Star: Party money: Is it time to change how we finance politics?, May 17, Andrea Lawlor

CBC Radio One, May 19, Bradley Ruffle

AM 900 Hamilton’s News Talk Leader (CHML), May 21, Colin Mang

The Tyee: The UCP’s Plan to Drive Down Wages is Working, May 22, Harold Innis

National Post: Giving new meaning to ‘liquid gold.’ Why olive oil prices have surged, May 24, Colin Mang

Belleville Intelligencer (Print Edition): Giving new meaning to ‘liquid gold’, May 25, Colin Mang

AM 900 Hamilton’s News Talk Leader (CHML), May 27, Colin Mang

CBC Radio One, May 27, Peter Graefe

CBC News: Montreal police unveil ‘inclusive’ patch to replace banned thin blue line on uniforms, Anne-Marie Livingstone

TVO: How CERB kept the income gap between white and racialized workers from getting even wider, Peter Graefe