Kian Malekanian

Kian Malekanian is a Toronto-based writer with North99.

Ford government’s COVID-19 recovery plan hints at return to austerity

Ford’s government just tabled a massive omnibus law that will change all sorts of legislation.

Ontario Is Failing Migrant Workers

Unlike other essential workers, migrant workers have received little appreciation. Worse yet, we have completely failed to protect them against this pandemic.

What Comes Next for Ontario After COVID-19?

COVID-19 Has Hit Ontario’s Workers Hard. What’s Comes Next?

Former health insurance exec exposes efforts to slander Canada’s public healthcare

Corporate money, lobbyists, cherry-picked facts used to misrepresent Canadian healthcare, says former executive

Doug Ford is Ontario’s Climate Roadblock

Ontarians want bold climate action but Ford and the Progressive Conservatives are standing in the way

Report shows richest 0.01% own almost 5 times more wealth than bottom 40% of Canadians

Total wealth of wealthiest 1% about the same as 12 million Canadian families

The one-call-away Premier. Not quite.

The bar for great leadership is on the floor

Whistleblower alleges Ontario government directed inspectors to “go easy on” nursing homes, promptly close cases

Ford’s finger-pointing rebutted by new accounts

5 ways Doug Ford made the crisis in Ontario’s long-term care homes even worse

From cutting inspections to removing training requirements, Ford has been an accomplice in the long-term care disaster in Ontario