“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”

<p>“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic” Program Description</p> <p>On this episode of Planet Haliburton we take a look at the relationship between the Covid-19 Pandemic, the incredible rate of infection and death in our Long Term Facilities and the investment practices of large public sector pension funds.</p> <p>It’s no secret that the SARS-Cov-2 virus has wrecked disportioncate havoc among elderly residents of our country’s Long Term Care Facilities. </p> <p>Less attention has been paid to who owns and operates those private for-profit long term care facilities and why private facilities are experiencing higher than average rates of infection and death.</p> <p>Join me for a conversation about the connections between Covid-19, for-profit long term care, and public sector pension funds with Kevin Skerrett, a long time researcher with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and an author of the 2018 book “The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism”.</p> <p>Resource List for “Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”, with Kevin Skerrett, October 26, 2020</p> <p><a href="https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Resource-List-for-%E2%80%9CPension-Fund-Capitalism-and-the-Covid-19-Pandemic%E2%80%9DJ-with-Kevin-SkerrettJ-October-26J-2020.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Resource-List-for-%E2%80%9CPension-Fund-Capitalism-and-the-Covid-19-Pandemic%E2%80%9DJ-with-Kevin-SkerrettJ-October-26J-2020.pdf</a></p>