Kian Malekanian

Kian Malekanian is a Toronto-based writer with North99.

Conservative MP suggests reopening businesses since COVID-19 deaths mostly impact seniors

Rhetoric of prioritizing business over the elderly injected into Canadian discourse

Fraser Institute defends price-gouging amidst COVID-19 pandemic

The right-wing think tank argues that the practice is “socially beneficial”

Kenney opposed corporate bailouts. Now he’s giving $1.5 billion to a company that made $4.4 billion in profit last year

Kenney has become the very sort of politician he derided a few years ago

Kenney blames Alberta’s top doctor for his decision to lay off 26,000 education workers

Thousands of education assistants, teachers to be laid off by May

New poll shows majority of Canadians oppose banks profiting off mortgage deferrals

Jason Kenney fires 20,000 education workers in the midst of COVID-19

UCP government forces mass lay-offs, uploads costs to federal government

Nearly 1 million Canadians call for rental, mortgage freeze during COVID-19

Advocacy groups send joint letter to federal, provincial governments

FACT CHECK: Ford’s promised $17 billion for COVID-19 is actually $4 billion

Roughly $13 billion of aid package is not new spending

During WW2, Corporate Profiteering Was Curbed. Does Covid-19 Require the Same Response?

An excess profits tax could deter corporations from exploiting crises for profit

Experts, politicians are calling for basic income to tackle COVID-19 fallout

Canadian public figures of all political beliefs are getting behind the idea