Linda McQuaig
Linda McQuaig is an author, journalist, and former NDP candidate for Toronto Centre in the Canadian federal election. She is also the author (with Neil Brooks) of Billionaires’ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality, published by Beacon Press.
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Views Saturday, December 28, 2019 How $15 Billion in Bonuses Leaves Canada's Bankers Gloomy There’s silly. There’s absurd. And then there’s this: The country’s six largest banks are dishing out $15 billion in bonuses this year. But, in the eyes of some, this isn’t enough . Indeed, Bill Vlaad, president of Vlaad & Co., which monitors bank compensation trends, described the $15 billion... Read more |
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Views Saturday, August 31, 2019 Tax on Super-Rich a Popular Idea, Except in the Media The Onion magazine once sardonically described the gap between rich and poor as the Eighth Wonder of the World—"a tremendous, millennia-old expanse that fills us with both wonder and humility… the most colossal and enduring of mankind’s creations." Let's not forget that the super-rich typically... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 28, 2019 Animals Protected from Sexual Abuse, But Not Factory Farm Abuse In a real head-scratcher, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in June 2016 that sexual contact with an animal was legal, as long as there was no penetration. Whatever uncertainty that created for Canadians is now gone. The Trudeau government’s new animal welfare legislation, passed by Parliament last... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 07, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Climate Package Is a Dangerous Fraud It's possible that the world's top climate scientists are lying. If so, we can relax and feel confident that Justin Trudeau has dealt with the climate crisis in the appropriate way. Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 14, 2019 Prospect of Nuclear War Highest in Decades, Yet Media Ignores I’m as curious as the next person about the Mueller report, Donald Trump’s tax returns and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s inner thoughts, but is there really no room amidst all the media chatter for the news that the chances of nuclear war are “higher than they’ve been in generations.” That was the... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 16, 2019 Debunking Billionaire Claims of Heroic Capitalism In the future, people will probably continue to marvel at how creatures with tiny brains once stalked the Earth unchallenged. For now, however, billionaires reign supreme, with only a small stirring of dissent, led by the impressive U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC. Still, that... Read more |
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Views Monday, January 21, 2019 Trudeau Should Consider Buying GM and Making Electric Cars Long after the last factory has left Ontario, one can imagine Doug Ford still sporting a full-on Cheshire grin as he puts up billboards proclaiming the province “Open for Business.” Certainly, the premier didn’t seem even slightly embarrassed that he’d posted his billboards along the American... Read more |
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Views Saturday, December 22, 2018 Canada’s Huawei Arrest Lending Support to Rogue U.S. Behavior The phrase “rule of law” has a nice, lofty ring to it, so it’s not surprising that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking it to defend Canada’s detention of a Chinese business executive. But while one can imagine many reasons why Canada decided to co-operate with the U.S. request to extradite... Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 24, 2018 More Oil Moving by Rail Now Than at Time of Mégantic Disaster With Donald Trump attacking the mainstream media, I find myself warming to it as never before — and thereby losing sight of its many failings. It gives abundant coverage to celebrities and powerful people, while giving short shrift to issues that threaten the planet, and dropping important stories... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 27, 2018 Premier Ford Driving a Race to the Bottom for Ontario’s Lowest-Paid Workers Announcing plans for new labour legislation, a beaming Premier Doug Ford assured us earlier this month that “we’re going to make sure we’re competitive around the world.” At first glance, that statement might lead us to believe the premier, especially given his commitment to act “for the people,”... Read more |