Author, journalist, supporter of the oppressed (& animals on factory farms), detractor of corporate shills posing as "populists." Latest book: (with Neil Brooks) Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax
Canada should show the same guts as Spain, Brazil & Mexico in standing up to Trump as he tightens the noose around Cuba, starving the Cuban people. Good piece by @justinling.ca www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Trump’s White House is spinning a wild conspiracy tale about this country. Canada needs to step in to defend itWhile Trump and Marco Rubio spin theories about Cuba, Canada needs to do what it can to protect Cuba’s residentswww.thestar.comThe Gilded Age came to an end, and so could today’s billionaire-dominated world. The super-rich want us to believe we can’t tax them – so it’s heartening to know we’ve done it before. @CanadianLabour @OPSEU @CUPEOntario www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: A wealth tax could transform our worldAlthough scorned today, America’s robust taxation of the rich in the middle of the last century amounted to an astonishing achievement of popular democracy, with huge public benefits.www.thestar.comLet’s stop appeasing Alberta. Unlike Quebec sovereigntists, Alberta’s separatists have been nurtured & shaped by foreign oil interests. Let’s treat them as the foreign threat they are. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: When will Liberal Prime Mininsters realize appeasing Alberta will never work?There’s no reasonable way to satisfy the separatist cause in Alberta and Carney has already gone dangerously far in attempting to do so.www.thestar.comHeroic whistle-blower Charles Littlejohn is in prison for leaking IRS data showing Jeff Bezos paid no federal income tax whatsoever in 2011, and even claimed a $4,000 child tax credit. Cancel billionaires—and free Charles Littlejohn! www.commondreams.org/news/jeff-be...
'Bond Villain' Jeff Bezos Claims 'You Could Double the Taxes I Pay' and It Won't Help Anyone | Common DreamsAmazon founder Jeff Bezos faces backlash for arguing against higher taxes, claiming it won't benefit society. Critics call out his low tax rate and extravagant spending.www.commondreams.orgEver since Walkerton fiasco left 7 dead, Ontario premiers have steered clear of water privatization – until now. #onpoli #canlab www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: Is Doug Ford misleading the public and putting our drinking water at risk?The Ford government’s keenness to put in place this new water regime — while disguising the fact that it involves privatization — raises the question: whose interests is the governmentwww.thestar.com