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It didn’t come easy and required a sustained effort over many decades. It was built on a history of labour activism, a strong feminist movement, and has always been grounded in equitable access to a high quality public education system. There are lessons here for Canada in understanding the critical role that civil society groups play in keeping governments accountability and holding their feet to the fire. – David Thornley
“The national ethos of economic equity was decades in the making. When Scandinavian Airlines in May announced a 50% drop in quarterly revenue due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, the company was forced to cut 5,000 positions and temporarily lay off 90% of its employees. Pia Berg Flaten, a young flight attendant for the airline, still got paid, however, even as the airline’s business dropped to almost nothing. […]”
