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 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 |
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Views Sunday, September 30, 2018 Reactions to Anti-Muslim Video Highlight Political Double Standard We’ve become accustomed to the up-is-down, black-is-white nature of U.S. politics — such as when Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested that Christine Blasey Ford’s claim of being sexually assaulted amounted to a “drive-by shooting” of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Canadian politics... Read more |
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Views Sunday, February 18, 2018 Climate Change Won’t Wait for Political Change With opposing factions deeply entrenched on either side of the climate change divide, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to think he’s found the sweet spot of Canadian politics dithering in the middle. But trying to find some happy middle ground doesn’t work when the force to be reckoned with is... Read more |
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Views Sunday, December 24, 2017 No More Silence About the Torture of Animals At a giant pet store in west-end Toronto last week, people loaded up on gifts and stocking stuffers for their pets, and posed with them for a “family Christmas photo.” "At the root of our numbness to animal suffering is the notion—unwittingly accepted by lifelong meat-eaters like myself—that... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 26, 2017 Morneau and Trudeau Are Looking Out for the Rich There’s lots of lamenting about the way the rich keep getting richer while ordinary folk struggle to keep their heads above water. Along with the lamenting, there’s usually some resigned muttering about how it’s all just part of today’s global economy. But there’s a much simpler explanation: our... Read more |