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Alberta Advantage Podcast

Jun 27, 2020

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What if we started taxing the accumulated wealth of billionaires? Alex Hemingway, Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joins Team Advantage to discuss his recent piece, A wealth tax on the super rich is within reach. How might we tax wealth,...


Jun 24, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted a range of problems with housing in Canada, and in particular the relative failure of the market to deliver safe, accessible, and affordable housing to Canadians. As Canada's housing market heads into a likely decline, Team Advantage assembles to discuss why housing should not be...


Jun 15, 2020

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How might we consider all the unwaged and unpaid work that goes on "behind the scenes" of waged labour? Why is it that the work that makes waged work possible in our society —like cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing— is rarely paid for by capital? How has the COVID-19 crisis made evident the...


Jun 2, 2020

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Across Alberta's political spectrum, no one dares to utter three terrifying words: Green New Deal. Jason Kenney famously had a meltdown about it, but even Alberta's NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, former Minister of the Environment, isn't sure if it's a good idea. What gives?
Emma Jackson, organizer...


Jun 2, 2020

Calgary-based 660 CityNews reporter Tom Ross asked Jason Kenney about the Green New Deal, spurring Kenney to have a bit of a meltdown. Tom joins Team Advantage to discuss what prompted him to ask the question, Kenney's reaction, the state of journalism in Alberta, and what's important when doing journalism today.