Category: Canada
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Ontario Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End
While Canada has achieved universal public healthcare coverage, that does not mean conservative forces have given up trying to erode that coverage and expand corporate care where it does not … Keep reading »
Ontario Expands For-Profit Hospital in Violation of the Law
The revelation that former Health Minister Christine Elliott has registered as a lobbyist for a for-profit hospital known as Don Mills Surgical Unit, now owned by Clearpoint Health Network, has … Keep reading »
Healthcare Funding Crisis: Unpacking the Ontario Government Economic Statement
Today [November 2], the Ford government will release its fall economic statement. This briefing note is intended to give context with which to assess the claims of the government. As … Keep reading »
Hamilton Labour Condemns NDP for Removal of Sarah Jama from Caucus for Linking Israeli Occupation and War on Gaza
Statement from HDLC It was with sadness and frustration that the Hamilton and District Labour Council (HDLC) read that our Hamilton Centre Member of Provincial Parliament, Sarah Jama, has been removed … Keep reading »
Stamps Honour Three Quebec Feminists and Social Justice Activists
Canada Post honours three Quebec feminists and social justice activists: Léa Roback (1903-2000), Madeleine Parent (1918-2012), and Simonne Monet-Chartrand (1919-1993). These three Quebec women were lifelong advocates for social justice. … Watch video »
Say “No” to a Second Extradition for Hassan Diab
The following letter has been delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau. Signed by 116 academics, lawyers, faith leaders, journalists and activists, and 24 organizations, the letter was written by Michelle Weinroth, … Keep reading »
A Spa Instead of Science: The Ford Government Strategy of Neglect, Tear Down and Take Away
Back in 2011 Doug Ford wanted a Ferris wheel. That was when he was a Toronto councillor and closest advisor to his brother, Mayor Rob Ford. Councillor Ford wanted Toronto … Keep reading »
National Security and Democratic Rights? Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston
This letter is open to further endorsements, which can be submitted here: https://forms.gle/5ftuh6WPGEqwBZMJ6. An Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur, Government of Canada. We are … Keep reading »
LPSSE launch: Capitalism, Colonialism, Canada /w Bryan Palmer
In these uncertain and dangerous times, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education (LPSSE) is a space to listen, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevance of socialism. The inaugural presentation … Watch video »
Four Ways the Ford Government is Privatizing Hospitals
Premier Doug Ford wants for-profit surgical clinics – but that is just one area where his government is privatizing hospitals. Unfortunately, there is so much more. The privatized American healthcare … Keep reading »
Ontario’s Strong Mayor Reforms: A New Shell for Urban Neoliberalism
Last month, Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell affixed her signature to Bill 39, the Better Municipal Governance Act, conferring Royal Assent upon the most substantial reconstruction of local democracy since … Keep reading »
Ontario Hospital Workers: Declining Compensation but Conservatives Want More Austerity
The Doug Ford government in Ontario suggests it must reduce the real wages of hospital workers via Bill 124, and now even proposes to appeal the court decision that found … Keep reading »