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The article offers information on Canadian policy-makers' concerns about the potential impact of U.S. elections on the Canada-U.S. economic relationship, particularly in the context of a possible second term for Donald Trump. Topics include the need for Canada to prepare for potential shifts in U.S. industrial strategy, especially regarding electric vehicle manufacturing, under a Trump presidency.

The article presents the interview with Lynne Fernandez, retiring Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues at Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Manitoba, and Scott Sinclair, retiring Director of the CCPA's Trade and Investment Research Project. Topics include Manitoba Research Alliance was awarded its Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant with John Loxley as the lead, and the nature is doing most of the work is making trails and planting some native trees and shrubs.

The article offers information on modern monetary theory (MMT) has crept in from the academic margins to become an influential doctrine in progressive policy circles in the U.S. Topics include Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders drew on the ideas of MMT to shape their ambitious public, spending platforms during the Democratic Party primaries this spring, and MMT has been cited as one way to fund a Green New Deal in combination with progressive tax reform.

The article focuses on the concept of degrowth which is a social movement and field of research founded on premise hat economic growth is incompatible with the biophysical limits of our planet. Topics discussed including class-conscious, anti-purity and decolonial environmentalism; neoliberalization giving rise to massive concentrations of power and wealth; and emphasizes the need to heighten awareness of class-based opposition to degrowth.

The article focuses on Canada is experiencing its worst social and economic crisis since the Second World War will hopefully weather the COVID-19 storm but the crisis that more comprehensively jeopardizes our existence the climate crisis. Topics include the social justice activists have never been in this situation before.

The article focuses on the U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, who is an unabashedly moderate politician. Topics include Biden's plan could energize Canada's international climate agenda, achieving carbon neutrality requires more than the ramping up of new clean energy, and the biggest challenges in implementing a carbon pricing system is avoiding carbon leakage as heavy emitters relocate to jurisdictions with weaker environmental rules.

The article discusses how inequalities can thwart environmental policy in Canada. Topics discussed include protests in Chile against metro fare increases and the reception of the carbon tax in Western Canada which shows examples of governments' failure to adequately consider equity concerns when devising environmental policy; role of COVID-19 pandemic to expose many of the deep economic and social inequalities; and climate policies in Canada's petro-provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The article focuses on the U.S. president Donald Trump makes people sick, including himself. Topics include the president of the U.S. of America has contracted COVID-19 along with much of his inner entourage, the Republicans did not return the favour, and the Republican establishment has tied its fortunes to Trump.