INEQUALITY IS NEVER GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH. The proof of this grows more evident and more obvious as inequality continues its uncontrolled growth. A recent research paper produced for the Canadian Labour Institute, “The Future of Work and A Modern Industrial Strategy for Canada,” highlights this truth.

OUR ELECTIONS ARE ONE BIG CHEAT. Getting the most votes should be what matters most. It isn’t. Winning the most seats is. It’s a difference that cheats us out of the democracy we all want.

YA GOTTA LOVE INEQUALITY TO LOVE OUR ECONOMY. Canadians for a Modern Industrial Strategy don’t love either. Their new research paper Going Forward sets out why and presents a visionary plan for building a modern economy founded on equality.

PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE DOUG FORD WAS ELECTED PREMIER OF ONTARIO ON JUNE 7. The good news is voter turnout jumped seven points to 58.4%. The sad news is the first-past-the-post voting system again distorted the distribution of seats. Thus the PCs will govern with a majority of seats in the provincial legislature, even though they did not get a majority of votes province-wide.

THE DONALD TRUMP TRAVELLING S**T SHOW HAS FINALLY MADE IT TO CANADA. After leaving the G7 Summit in Quebec the U.S. President called the Canadian Prime Minister “weak and very dishonest”. Then he doubled-down the next day by telling Canadians that we would pay a high price for his perceived snub.

YOUNG DRIVERS IN ONTARIO ARE HOSTAGES: If they want to drive they have to pay sky-high insurance premiums because they are not 25-years old. It’s the ransom they have to pay for being young.

ARE WE READY TO GIVE MILLENNIALS $17,000 EACH TO HELP BUY A HOME? Britain might be. But, no one is suggesting anything like that over here. The hard truth for most of our millennials is that home ownership remains far out of reach.

CYNDI LAUPER WAS PROBABLY RIGHT: MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING. But we can never be sure how. That’s at the heart of the debate over a Guaranteed Annual Income.

MISOGYNY KNOWS NO RHYME OR REASON. If it did it would treat Jane Clegg and Tammie Jo Shults the same. But it doesn’t.

THE FEDS ARE OUT TO LOWER STUDENT DEBT—THE HARD WAY. By collecting, not reducing.