Professors Around The World Beg Ontario To Revive Basic Income Pilot

Ontario’s decision to cancel a basic income experiment early is unethical, professors from around the world said in an open letter published Tuesday. “It appears to us that 4,000 vulnerable research subjects will have made decisions to improve their lives … only to have the promise broken,” the letter read. “Not only is the cancellation…

Jagmeet Singh Scores Ex-MPs, But Heated Byelection Shows Leader's 'Rough Ride': Prof

OTTAWA — Federal New Democrats have enlisted two former members of Parliament to run in the upcoming election, and the party says they’re in talks with a few more. An NDP official told HuffPost Canada that while discussions are ongoing, the courted candidates haven’t yet decided whether to join former MPs Andrew Cash and Svend…

Lawmakers propose sanctions against external attempts to meddle in Russian elections

Russia’s parliamentary majority party has prepared a bill that, if passed, would list as “undesirable” all foreign and international groups that attempt to influence Russian elections, effectively banning their activities. The bill is written as a set of amendments to the existing Russian “Dima Yakovlev Law” – the 2013 piece of legislation introducing targeted sanctions…

Provincial Government Passes Bill To Prevent Ontario Power Generation Strike

TORONTO — The Ontario government passed legislation Thursday to prevent a strike or lockout at a utility that generates roughly half of the province’s power, saying it could not risk letting labour action disrupt the electricity supply. Legislators were called back from the holiday break on Monday in an effort to end the labour dispute…

Top managers of failed banks should be banned from leaving Russia – Duma speaker

The Russian lower house speaker has supported the proposal to pass a law that would ban top managers from failed banks to leave Russia for the period when their organizations are being rescued by the government. State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin backed the initiative voiced by the head of Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky,…

Russians believe higher education is not necessary for career success – poll

Around half of all Russians believe society exaggerates the importance of higher education, while over 70 percent of citizens under 24 claim that a successful career is possible without a university diploma. According to the latest poll conducted by state-run public opinion agency VTSIOM, around 63 percent of Russians agree that higher education helps to…