Podcast

Kenney’s sneaky approach to privatizing Alberta’s parks

By Corinne Benson Alberta’s provincial government has slated 164 provincial park sites – 37 percent of parks in the province – for closure or third-party “partnerships.” Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party also intends to remove [...]

Toronto tenants fighting a class war they cannot afford to lose

By Alykhan Pabani United in action, Toronto’s tenants descended upon John Tory’s private residence on July 6, intending to deliver a mock eviction notice to the mayor. After years of casting futile ballots, petitioning groomed staffers and [...]

Upsurge in struggle against systemic racism, economic crisis

The Communist Party’s Central Committee met on June 14, amid a massive struggle against police killings and systemic racism that began in the US and led to mass protests on six continents and sixty countries, including Canada. Led by Black Lives [...]

Security Council loss illuminates Canada’s foreign policy weaknesses

Activists building an emboldened movement for progressive reform India, Ireland, Mexico, Norway and Kenya won the June 17 elections at the 74th United Nations Assembly for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council. The two-year [...]

Under cover of COVID, Pallister serves an environmental privatization bonanza

Manitoba’s Conservative government has used the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crisis as an opportunity to ram through legislation aimed at privatizing the province’s forests, parks, water infrastructure and flood control. A [...]

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