This week @ rabble.ca: The Bank of Canada's message to Harper
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23 Jan 2015
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Canada's financial industry reacted with surprise and dismay to the Bank of Canada's announcement that it was lowering its interest rate to 0.75 per cent. But people shouldn't be surprised at the Bank of Canada's move, says economist Hugh Mackenzie. Find out why in his analysis of the decision -- and read more from the progressive economics perspective.
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In a must-read column this week, Harsha Walia sits down with Glen Coulthard for a wide-ranging conversation about Indigenous nationhood and decolonization, delving into his powerful premise: there is no freedom in the settler-colonial state. You can read it right here.
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