Kian Malekanian

Kian Malekanian is a Toronto-based writer with North99.

A new statistic about Canadian billionaires shows why we need a wealth tax

Canada’s 41 billionaires have a total net worth of $216 billion.

Investors are abandoning fossil fuel companies

$11 trillion of fossil fuel divestments since 2014.

Kenney demands $1.7 billion from Ottawa, after giving away $4.5 billion to corporations

The request comes on the heels of a wave of social service cuts across the province.

Largest fossil fuel companies only profitable because of subsidies

It’s holding back the green transition.

Is being gay a sin? Scheer refuses to answer

Conservative Party leader leaves more doubts about his views on LGBTQ people.

Canada’s courts favour corporations over indigenous peoples

Glaring difference in success rates for obtaining an injunction.

Corporation that received $55 million tax handout from Kenney relocates to the U.S.

Encana received a handsome tax cut, only to leave Alberta.

Economists explain why Conservative outrage over deficits is massively overblown

Debt-to-GDP and debt service costs are decreasing.

Nobel prize-winning economist debunks right-wing economics

Increasing taxes will do more to spur growth than decreasing them.

Conservatives across Canada are undermining public education in favour of private, for-profit education

Right-wing governments across the country are waging war on public education.