The long-awaited report of the Provincial Economic Recovery Team (PERT) was publicly released on May 6, just weeks before Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal government revealed its budget for 2021. The PERT, chaired by Dame Moya Greene, was widely [...]
On Wednesday May 19th, the City of Toronto sent a massive force to clear the encampment at Lamport Stadium Park. Roughly 60 City of Toronto corporate security guards and police officers (including eight on horseback), six people in Hazmat suits, a [...]
History was proclaimed “ended” when, between 1989 and 1991, socialism was overthrown in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. It was a historic setback for the working class around the world, dismembering the socialist community and tilting [...]
Long before the Communist Party of Canada was founded on May 28, 1921, workers in Canada had begun to study the revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. This led them to found different political organizations which could merge [...]
Peace and progressive movements in Canada have called on the Trudeau government to pressure on the right-wing Colombian government of Iván Duque to end its 'reign of terror' against the people. The statement was signed by the Colombia Working Group, [...]
By Aliza Kassam Observing virtual hearings at the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has been surprisingly disorienting, despite my familiarity contesting landlords’ applications at the tribunal in person. The burden on tenants, forced [...]
April 12 is being called “Black Monday” by residents of Sudbury, Ontario. That was the day that Laurentian University publicized plans to cut 69 programs and issue mass layoffs which will impact at least 150 faculty and staff. Eight hundred students [...]
9to5: The Story of a Movement (2019) Directors and Producers: Steven Bognar and Julie Reichart The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender norms were challenged by [...]
Ottawa and four provinces have jumped on the small modular nuclear reactor (SMNR) bandwagon and if things go as announced there will be SMNRs operating in Canada by the end of this decade. New Brunswick has given a total of $30 million to two [...]
By Stéphane Doucet Montreal dockworkers announced an unlimited general strike on April 23, and within a week the federal government violated their rights by forcing them back to work. The Liberals’ back-to-work legislation came into effect on [...]
