Ricardo Tranjan
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About Ricardo Tranjan
Ricardo Tranjan is a political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Before joining the CCPA, Ricardo was the manager of the City of Toronto's Poverty Reduction Strategy Office. He has also taught at universities in Ontario and Québec. His research and commentary focus on the economics of social policy, especially income supports, education, and rental housing.
Ricardo holds a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, where he was a Vanier Scholar.
Crisis? What crisis? One of Canada’s largest landlords is having a profitable 2020
Why should REITs and corporate landlords be made whole through COVID-19 when so many other businesses are taking losses?
What will the throne speech say about poverty?
In the mid 1800s, Canadians embraced the British approach, creating poorhouses and workhouses to house the two types of “poor people.” Those who ended up in poorhouses had their moral conduct closely supervised; those in the workhouses could be involuntarily leased to employers for little or no pay.