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Fifty years is a long time for a good idea to sit on a shelf. It was in November of 1971 that the Special Senate committee report on poverty was table...

Barbara J. Erickson, ‘catalyst for the conservation movement,’ dies at 42 By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 4:55 p.m. Email to a Friend Barbara Erickson, at a pond at Francis William Bird Park in Walpole.Handout While leading one of the state’s most important environmental organizations, Barbara J. Erickson looked back with reverence and ahead with anticipation. “We are always passing the baton to the next generation,” she said at the Trustees of R...

Article content At the beginning of December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he could see no path forward for a guaranteed basic income right now. For the sake of Canadians everywhere, he should spend some more time looking. Many working Canadians are struggling in the current labour market. Globalization, rapid technological change and the gig economy have changed the nature of the labour market. People no longer spend the majority of their career working for one company; many jobs li...