A Plan to Put Everyday People First Canada is in an affordability crisis. Rent is up. Groceries are up. Debt is rising. Meanwhile, corporate profits are soaring, CEO pay keeps climbing, and the ultra-wealthy are doing just fine. For too long, governments have taxed work more than wealth. Rob Ashton believes that’s backwards. His plan...
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A National Transit Strategy That Works for Workers and Riders
AnnouncementSolutionsStatementFebruary 7, 2026
Canada is one of the only G7 countries without a national transit strategy. That failure has consequences. Cities are forced to fund transit through property taxes. Systems fall into permanent deficits. Service gets cut. Fares go up. Workers are stretched thin, facing burnout and rising violence on the job. Riders lose reliable service. Communities are...
Canadians are working harder than ever – and are falling further behind. Wages haven’t kept up, rents and groceries are through the roof, and people are being told to tighten their belts. Meanwhile, a small group of CEOs are paying themselves millions – sometimes hundreds of times more than the people who actually make their...