Monitor Vol. 29, No. 3, September/October 2022

Jacqueline Kennelly (she/ Chris Roberts (he/him) is The Monitor is published six times professor in the School of her) is a Full Professor in the Director of the Social and a year by the Canadian Centre for Planning at the University of Department of Sociology and Economic Policy Department at Policy Alternatives. [...] the economy in ways move in sync with the false Buck Suzuki, health and that provide the greatest values of what we now call welfare administrator of benefits to the populace. [...] The and reconciliation, and government policy under federal government made protecting the environ- the microscope, critiquing several one-time transfers New from ment, our budget shows spending plans and the to lower-income families the CCPA how Winnipeg can rebuild ongoing tax and fee cuts during the pandemic. [...] The event is opportunities for expand- services, but breaking from TV, hearing on the radio, hosted in partnership with ing the economy through the status quo will require and reading in newspapers the Nova Scotia Federation activities that both meet bold leadership from and online publications has of Labour, Halifax Workers people’s needs and are less the next mayor and city surpassed the CCPA’s. [...] handed the inflation problem back to the bank, whose Based on what premiers and the federal government tool of choice, as mentioned above, is to raise interest have done in 2022, politicians’ preferred option is to rates to choke off growth and very likely pitch the put cash in voters’ pockets.