Category: Canada
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The Quebec Mix: Racism, French, Austerity, Climate, Biodiversity
An emerging anti-capitalism which heralds the convergence of struggles The televised English debate during the federal elections (September 9, 2021) began with the controversial question to Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet: … Keep reading »
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Quebec: Class Struggles over Occupational Health and Safety
Bill 59 (now Law 27) on occupational health and safety was adopted, as amended, at the end of September by the National Assembly, against the unanimous opposition of the unions, … Keep reading »
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Urgent Letter to Ontario MPPs Regarding the New Long-Term Care Act
Dear Members of Provincial Parliament, We are writing to request that you do not support or facilitate any plan to drive through the “new” long-term care bill with undemocratic speed. … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Eviscerated Democracy: Minority Government and Representative Democracy as Symptoms
On 20 September, 2021, Canadians voted to hold the line. While forty seats changed hands, the number of seats won by each of the parties was so close to the … Keep reading »
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Post-Election Debrief
We discuss Canadian politics post-election: implications of the results for each of the major parties, their leaders, and continue to bemoan the strategic and political failures of the NDP. Listen to audio »
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Canada: No Change
Canada’s Liberal Party prime minister Justin Trudeau has managed to get re-elected for the third time in the snap general election he called. The Liberals won or were leading in … Keep reading »
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In the Fight of Our Lives: Working for Change, Changing Work
Workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic, in their homes and workplaces, for climate justice and against the daily precariousness of life under capitalist oppression and exploitation. Keep reading »
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Ontario Government: Hospital Workers Should Work Harder
With as much fanfare as it could muster, the Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford re-announced its Budget plan of $300-million for hospitals to deal with the backlog of surgeries … Keep reading »
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Rolling Back the Remnants of Worker Protections: The Ford Government’s Workforce Advisory Committee
On June 15th, Ontario’s government announced the striking of the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee (OWRAC). This new and hastily announced committee is cause for serious concern, given the Doug … Keep reading »
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Two Eco-Socialist Reports: The Struggle Over Old Growth Forests in B.C.
Fairy Creek: A New War in the Woods Since last August, activists have set up numerous blockades in protest of old growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed. The self-named Rainforest … Keep reading »
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Subjects of the New Corporate University: The Sabotage of Laurentian University
At about 10:28 p.m. on Sunday May 3rd, the other shoe dropped. Insolvency Court Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz gave Laurentian University’s president what he had wished for: a ruling in … Keep reading »
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Worst Case Ontario
In this episode we discuss Doug Ford’s disastrous mismanagement of the Covid crisis in Ontario, and dissect the results of the recent 2021 NDP Federal Party Convention. Listen to audio »