A presentation on the difference between Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Marxist Monetary Theory (MMT) is now available on Socialist Minds, which hosted the session.

Amidst the growing fallout of a global pandemic, the St. John’s Status of Women Council sees glaring evidence of the gendered impacts of minimum wage and poverty. Women face the choice to feed their children or feed themselves, and remain trapped in domestic violence due to financial insecurity. Many of these women are working and living in poverty due to our provincial minimum wage.

The best thing a government can do in the height of a recession that is being compounded by a pandemic is invest in the education of its population. Higher education – when done well – creates a citizenry who are able to respond to crises and develop the solutions to address the needs of themselves and their communities. Unfortunately, in Ontario we have abandoned support for higher education. Instead, the government is determined to drive an ideological agenda to distort the labour market, make workers pay for job losses, reduce access to higher education, and undermine the advanced education and research system that supports Ontario's economy.