Category: Canada
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Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly
The last time the nuclear industry got its way in the province, Ontario Hydro spent over two decades building 20 nuclear reactors. It was a mash-up of missed deadlines, cost … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariffs: Fake Problems, Fake Solutions
Trump is mad. Mad at the world. Mad at anyone who challenges him. Mad in his actions. Tariffs, a tax on goods coming into the US, are Trump’s weapon of … Keep reading »
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A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail
As noted in my previous article, Canada and Quebec’s commercial entanglement in the US economy is profound following thirty years of “free trade,” with neoliberal capitalism as its legacy. Suddenly, … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariffs: Building a Working-Class Response
US President Trump’s tariffs and trade policies represent a fundamental attack on Canadian working people. In our workplaces and communities, we are faced with layoffs, intensified attacks on social programs … Watch video »
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Toronto Moves to Limit the Right to Protest: An Open Letter to Mayor Olivia Chow
From the Coalition for Charter Rights and Freedoms Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, City Councillors and City Manager: We, the undersigned coalition, are writing to strongly oppose the development of a … Keep reading »
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From Bad to Worse: The New Political Setting and Challenges for the Canadian Left
The Legitimation Crisis and Authoritarian State The current political conjuncture can be defined by an unfolding sense, in Canada and around the world, that neoliberal policies have failed and even capitalism … Keep reading »
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From Bad to Worse: The New Political Setting and Challenges for the Canadian Left
The current political conjuncture can be defined by an unfolding sense, in Canada and around the world, that neoliberal policies have failed and even capitalism itself is not working. This … Keep reading »
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Facing Trump: What Perspectives for Quebec’s Ecosocialist and Ecofeminist Left?
The new era is characterised by far-right parties taking power in different parts of the world, including Donald Trump’s party in the United States. This situation poses a series of … Keep reading »
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Fighting Trump’s Tariffs: Funding Private Capital or State Investments?
Canada’s industry minister emerged from a cabinet meeting recently to inform us that there had been discussion of a robust response to US aggressions with Canada-first procurement policies and a … Keep reading »
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The Trump Tariff Challenge and the Rule of Capital
As Canadians sift through the rubble of Trump’s latest salvo and steel themselves for the next in the back-and-forth of the US-Canada trade war, there is increasing interest, especially on … Keep reading »
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Anschluss, Schulterschluss or Concrete Internationalism?
In these turbulent and rapidly shifting times, we often search for quick answers. “How to respond to Trump 2.0?” is a question that calls for an immediate response here in … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Trade War and Canadian Workers
The 25% tariffs imposed on exports from Canada and Mexico by the US administration of Donald Trump effective March 4 (with an exception of 10% tariffs for Canadian oil and … Keep reading »