Corporate Control
with Nora Loreto
Hosted by Linda McQuaig
The Social Safety Net reveals Canada’s sharp turn away from social welfare, and serves as essential reading for those curious about our country’s deep infatuation with neoliberalism.”
Join activist, author, and journalist Nora Loreto for a deep dive into systemic inequality, Corporate power and the many ways Canada’s social safety net is fraying.
The Social Safety Net, the first book in the Canada in Decline series, tracks the forty-year attack on Canada’s welfare state. As neoliberalism has matured, Canadians have seen the impact of these attacks: unreliable healthcare, crises in education and social services, and a society that feels like it is losing cohesion.
The second book in Nora Loreto’s landmark series, Corporate Control, dives into the corporate web spun around Canada’s economy, society, and politics.
Corporate profits are at a record high, and the divide between the rich and the poor has never been wider. Canadians are struggling with affordability, the housing crisis, and wages that don’t cover basic needs.What can we do when a handful of corporations exert a disproportionate amount of power over Canadian democracy?
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