What if food banks closed?

Harry Shannon About 10 days ago, workers with a courier company held a food drive. They dropped off good-size bags at people's homes. Everyone was asked to put non-perishable foods in the bags, which the workers collected. (The company is called Purolator. I don't think it's a smart idea to include 'lator' in your name if you are competing to d…

Time for a Wealth Tax

Harry Shannon This was written as a letter to the Toronto Star. It wasn’t published, but you can read it here. Re Covid-19 costs. Time’s up: help cities, Editorial, July 16 The COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc with people’s finances, and governments have had to go into huge deficits to mitigate the impact on people who have lost t…