Trish Hennessy
@trishhennessy.ca
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: policyalternatives.ca. Editor, Monitor magazine. Income inequality, health equity, workers' rights, public services, inclusive economy, fair taxation.
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Trish Hennessy
@trishhennessy.ca
· Nov 27
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Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
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#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA
With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Canada needs a new playbook to establish economic self-sufficiency, post-Trump. Renewable energy, value-added industries and investing in housing and the care economy are among the keys. Co-sponsored by @policyalternatives.ca & @futurework.org.au #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Elbows up: A practical program for Canadian sovereignty - CCPA
A playbook for economic self-sufficiency. Because Canada can’t become a sovereign country by doing the same old things.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Canada needs a new playbook to establish economic self-sufficiency, post-Trump. Renewable energy, value-added industries and investing in housing and the care economy are among the keys. Co-sponsored by @policyalternatives.ca & @futurework.org.au #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social
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The arsonists: The politicians stoking the fires of Western separatism - CCPA
The same federal government who alienated our oil and gas industry is now putting global food security at risk by attacking the hard working agriculture producers across western Canada with an arbitra...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social
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The Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca is now live! A prickly period of separatist sentiments in Alberta’s Wild Rose Country: Alberta is giving rise to a separatist movement. Why? And what lies ahead? This October 2025 Monitor looks into it.
The Monitor – Fall 2025 - CCPA
These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to ...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca is now live! A prickly period of separatist sentiments in Alberta’s Wild Rose Country: Alberta is giving rise to a separatist movement. Why? And what lies ahead? This October 2025 Monitor looks into it.
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Ken Dryden = hockey icon. I met him once; he wanted our advice on income inequality and affordable child care. Super low key—like he hadn't processed that he was a Canadian icon. Glad he lived long enough to see $10-a-day child care implemented in Canada. He had an early hand in it.
September 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ken Dryden = hockey icon. I met him once; he wanted our advice on income inequality and affordable child care. Super low key—like he hadn't processed that he was a Canadian icon. Glad he lived long enough to see $10-a-day child care implemented in Canada. He had an early hand in it.
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From the summer edition of The Monitor. A snapshot of how many Canadians feel about the CBC. By @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
CBC/Radio-Canada: a trusted Canadian symbol - CCPA
Like many of us, I grew up with the CBC as a daily and vital part of my life.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
From the summer edition of The Monitor. A snapshot of how many Canadians feel about the CBC. By @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA
During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...
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July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
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The Summer 2025 edition of the Monitor of now online!! Read it here!! @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The Monitor – Summer 2025 - CCPA
These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to ...
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Summer 2025 edition of the Monitor of now online!! Read it here!! @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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New from the summer edition of the Monitor @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC? - CCPA
I was only a few years into my journalism career when the future began to visit the present. Newspapers were going through a hard time, and the layoffs were just starting.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New from the summer edition of the Monitor @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Election 2025 is done and women lost. The Liberals jettisoned the feminist cause to pivot from the Trudeau record; the CPCs harped on about "woke ideology". The needs and aspirations of women didn’t factor in at all. A blog. bit.ly/4m09XeZ
Gender equality was sidelined during the election. It’s time for a reset - CCPA
The Liberal Party’s election win caps a remarkable reversal in its fortunes over a few short months, with Canadians placing their bet on leader Mark Carney to confront and contain American threats to ...
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May 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Election 2025 is done and women lost. The Liberals jettisoned the feminist cause to pivot from the Trudeau record; the CPCs harped on about "woke ideology". The needs and aspirations of women didn’t factor in at all. A blog. bit.ly/4m09XeZ
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We didn't learn much from Mark Carney's widely publicized meeting with Trump this week. What does the future of North American economic integration look like? By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnecon
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Canada’s murky North American future - CCPA
USMCA “was actually very effective, and it’s still very effective” People “haven’t followed it” (yeah, we know) It was “a transitional step a little bit” It “terminates very shortly” It “gets renegoti...
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May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We didn't learn much from Mark Carney's widely publicized meeting with Trump this week. What does the future of North American economic integration look like? By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnecon
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For @marclee.bsky.social, senior economist with @policyalternatives.ca, #BC has the capacity to run deficits and support the taxpayer debt for now, while “keeping an eye on the US for the next 12-18 months.” #bcpoli www.coastalfront.ca/read/an-over...
An Overview of BC’s Provincial Budget — Coastal Front
An overview and report on the state of BC’s 2025 Budget, as well as the spirited, diverse discussion over what it entails.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For @marclee.bsky.social, senior economist with @policyalternatives.ca, #BC has the capacity to run deficits and support the taxpayer debt for now, while “keeping an eye on the US for the next 12-18 months.” #bcpoli www.coastalfront.ca/read/an-over...
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Our quick take on the election results and what comes next: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Beyond “elbows up”—Our election post-mortem - CCPA
It’s been an absolutely wild election. Polling predictions were a roller coaster, from a historic Conservative majority, to a Liberal majority, and everything in between. When we got off the roller co...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our quick take on the election results and what comes next: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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It's been over a 100 years of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada....don't hold your breath. We are still waiting. Read Hennessy's Index from the latest issue of the Monitor. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Hennessy’s Index: Proportional representation - CCPA
In 2021, Fair Vote Canada marked the 100-year anniversary of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada. (Dear reader: We are still waiting)...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's been over a 100 years of politicians promising to move from first-past-the-post voting to proportional representation in Canada....don't hold your breath. We are still waiting. Read Hennessy's Index from the latest issue of the Monitor. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
We have a unique opportunity to embrace big alternatives to Trump’s tariff war—why aren’t we talking about that? By CCPA ED Peggy Nash @peggynash.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
It’s not enough to “buy Canadian”, we need to own it - CCPA
The U.S. president is turning the world economy upside down, holding everyone hostage in the process. Canada’s position is especially precarious. After decades of the U.S. pursuing a neoliberal agend...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We have a unique opportunity to embrace big alternatives to Trump’s tariff war—why aren’t we talking about that? By CCPA ED Peggy Nash @peggynash.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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“Leaders Debate Commission just told CBC’s David Cochrane that it was unaware that Rebel News founder Ezra Levant—accredited at the debate alongside four of his employees—is also the owner of ForCanada, a third party advertiser registered with Elections Canada” according to @lefthandstu.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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From the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca: By Antonia Zerbisias www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
If you value democracy, stop expecting free news - CCPA
Last January’s panic over Meta overlord Mark Zuckerberg’s firing of Facebook fact checkers once again revealed a sense of entitlement among many Canadian users who sanctimoniously posted that they wer...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
From the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca: By Antonia Zerbisias www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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So far, the policy debate in #election2025 has been disappointing to say the least. There is so much to be talking about. Canadians deserve better - from my colleagues at the
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This is a free trade election—but none of the parties have any serious policy when it comes to trade. By @whosestreets.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Election debates are this week—here’s what leaders should be talking about - CCPA
When the party leaders face off in the Radio-Canada building in Montreal on Wednesday for a French language debate—and then on Thursday in English—it will be the first time that they outline their pro...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
So far, the policy debate in #election2025 has been disappointing to say the least. There is so much to be talking about. Canadians deserve better - from my colleagues at the
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Finland’s education system emphasizes critical thinking. Canada should move quickly to do the same. Without it, our very democracy is at risk.’ @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca
What if we stop knowing what’s true from what isn’t? - CCPA
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”—George Orwell, 1984.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Finland’s education system emphasizes critical thinking. Canada should move quickly to do the same. Without it, our very democracy is at risk.’ @trishhennessy.ca @policyalternatives.ca
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"...[As] traditional media outlets are in decline and journalists struggle to vet candidates for public office...people from these obscure Facebook Groups...[are]...building political power and running for office." By @lukelebrun.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The rise of zany conspiracy theory politics - CCPA
British Columbia has long had a reputation as Canada’s most progressive province.
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April 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"...[As] traditional media outlets are in decline and journalists struggle to vet candidates for public office...people from these obscure Facebook Groups...[are]...building political power and running for office." By @lukelebrun.ca @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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A unique provincial organisation in #BC, the @bcibinc.bsky.social, uses a community benefits agreement to help workers land good jobs in construction. See highlights from the new @policyalternatives.ca report about it! #canlab 3/3
April 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A unique provincial organisation in #BC, the @bcibinc.bsky.social, uses a community benefits agreement to help workers land good jobs in construction. See highlights from the new @policyalternatives.ca report about it! #canlab 3/3
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'across the board, regardless of region, the public broadcaster was seen as integral to the Canadian identity—especially in light of Trump’s threats.' @policyalternatives.ca @trishhennessy.ca
Platform Crunch: CBC funding is a wedge issue in Canada’s federal election - CCPA
The average per capita public funding of public service broadcasters in the other 18 countries was $78.76 in 2022. Public funding in Canada for CBC/Radio-Canada was $32.43—just 41 per cent of the inte...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'across the board, regardless of region, the public broadcaster was seen as integral to the Canadian identity—especially in light of Trump’s threats.' @policyalternatives.ca @trishhennessy.ca
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New from @policyalternatives.ca: Canada should be targeting American oligarchs—especially those with direct connection to the Trump administration—with economic sanctions. By Sondos Kataite #CanadaUSTradeWar
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Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers - CCPA
Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New from @policyalternatives.ca: Canada should be targeting American oligarchs—especially those with direct connection to the Trump administration—with economic sanctions. By Sondos Kataite #CanadaUSTradeWar
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