Kian Malekanian

Kian Malekanian is a Toronto-based writer with North99.

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

Canadians are demanding their governments implement a rent freeze

To help renters, politicians are begging landlords to be nice

Asking landlords to be nice is not an answer to lack of support for renters

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

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

Canada’s big banks set to profit off of COVID-19 mortgage deferrals

Deferrals won’t cost big banks a cent, mortgagers will face higher interest and payments