Profile of Lana Payne

Biography

Lana Payne writes on labor, politics and social justice issues every second week or twice monthly in The Weekend Telegram.

All articles of Lana Payne

• PM's ambition destroying the nation
  It appears nothing is safe from Stephen Harper's ruthless hunger for a majority - not even the Canadian federation. The prime minister and his ...
• Force oil companies to share fabulous wealth
  Gas and home heating prices are raging. Yet where is the outrage? There is plenty of resignation. Lots of acceptance. But no revolt. Why is it ...
• Too many children still live in poverty
  Next year will mark the two-decade anniversary of an all-party House of Commons commitment to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. ...
• Poor service gives flight to grievances
  Air Canada has much bigger problems than the price of fuel. It has become the airline that everyone loves to hate and, after two days of being ...
• Women in politics: Still a long way to go
  Joan Burke made political history a week or so ago when she was named Government House Leader for Newfoundland and Labrador, the first woman to ...
• Oil wealth must benefit all
  Newfoundland and Labrador is the talk of the country. We are close to shedding our so-called have-not status and being dumped from equalization, ...
• Province can afford to take bolder path
  Our province is at a crossroads. As the American poet Robert Frost wrote: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less ...
• Province needs improved labour standards
  It's all the rage these days - the talk about family-friendly workplaces, recruitment and retention, the changing philosophy among younger ...
• Flurry of tax cuts leads to social deficit
  Surprise, surprise. After bragging about his government's tax-cutting policies - policies that have virtually emptied federal coffers - federal ...
• Too little, too late
  Finally, it came. Too little. Too late. Too late for 108 women who have already died. Too late for their families, their children, their ...
• Federal Conservative budget gives to the rich, again
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper has found a new way to redistribute wealth in Canada: take from the unemployed, women, the just-getting-by and the ...
• Federal Conservatives seek to justify selfishness
  Jim Flaherty's economics are decidedly lacking, especially for someone in charge of the country's books. But what he lacks in economic sense he ...
• Minimum wage should reflect province's prosperity
  For most of January - in between snowstorms, high winds and rain - the government has been out talking to citizens about the contentious issue of ...
• Province can resolve to do right thing with coming...
  It's that time of year again - a time of resolutions and predictions. And for our province, this year's predictions are all about the oil. ...
• Working together, people can make the world better
  "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one knows the reason. … I think that the most ...
• Child-care system should not be run for profit alone
  There is a reason the province's child-care sector is having trouble recruiting and keeping early childhood educators. It's called wages and ...
• The War on Women continues unabated
  Tucked away in the women studies' section of the local Chapters bookstore, Brian VallÉe's new book, "The War on Women," is nearly silenced by its ...
• Federal government shows no interest in making...
  Before kids even go to school, we expect them to connect the dots. My daughter has been doing it for years and she's only 6. When she's finished ...
• Let the cash registers ring up the profits
  It's a story of finger-pointing, political posturing, and good, old-fashioned greed. It's the story of the Canadian dollar, our finance ...
• Premier and province must put petroleum wealth to...
  Pundits and political junkies don't get many chances to use superlatives like they did last week. Randy Simms of VOCM Open Line compared the ...
• Leaders debate needs to be revamped to provide...
  Last weeks leaders debate proved that a woman can really mix things up. It was as if there were two debates the civilized, respectful one that ...
• With some effort, society could tackle poverty problem
  Poverty can be reduced. It can be tackled. It can even be eliminated. And governments can make a difference in the lives of citizens. All it ...
• Recognizing unions; provincial election ahead
  Unions have altered and helped shape the democratic landscape of our province and country. From pushing for workplace and human rights, to ...
• Women have good reason for not liking or voting for PM
  Stephen Harper has woman troubles. Canadian women just dont like him that much. Polls continue to point towards a growing gender gap for the ...
• Economy is healthy, so Canada should share the wealth
  Corporate profits are soaring, CEOs are taking home millions in pay, stock options and shares, and yet Canadian workers are stuck in the past at ...
• Interest rate rise will curb growth in Newfoundland...
  David Dodge is giving the countrys economists plenty to debate, theorize about and generally argue over. They are in hypothetical heaven. But ...
• Women still paying for Paul Martins policies
  The women of Canada are still paying a deep financial price for the economic policies of Paul Martin. Its been a dozen years since the former ...
• An ode to St. Andrews elementary
  Last week, our daughter finished her first year of school. Kindergarten that year working parents and moms not ready to let go dread like a ...
• Province needs legislation banning replacement workers
  When rational, evidence-based arguments fail, stoop to scare tactics, hyperbole and exaggeration. Throw in a liberal dose of economic voodoo and, ...
• Happy Mothers Day womens work matters
  Womens work matters. It matters to our economy, to womens personal economic independence and to the kind of world we want. In fact, the current ...