Month: September 2017
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Quebec Independence – A Key to Building the Left in Canada
The 2017 edition of the Université populaire (the People’s University), meeting in Montréal August 17-19, included a panel of speakers from Quebec and English Canada on the possibilities for building … Keep reading »
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Labour and the Corporate Economy
General Electric (GE) is moving out of Peterborough. It leaves the town, the county, Ontario and Canada with an enormous mess. One of the world’s largest conglomerates has become the … Keep reading »
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Job Action at Toronto Pearson Airport Shows Why Little Strikes Matter
As Labour Day approaches, we are often reminded of the large strikes that defined Canada’s labour movement. The 30,000 workers in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike or 11,000 autoworkers in … Keep reading »