Provincial convention says working class must fight “in its own name, on its own terms” PV Ontario Bureau The Communist Party convened its 31st Ontario Provincial Convention from November 27-28, with province’s 15 Party clubs participating. [...]
On June 14, the Ford government recalled the Ontario legislature in order to pass an anti-democratic electoral reform package that had been struck down by the courts only days before. In order to override the court decision, the Conservatives [...]
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis, Doug Ford tried to rehabilitate his image and that of his government. Replacing the hard right figure – who had attacked broader public sector workers, teachers and [...]
With two million students and hundreds of thousands of education workers returning to schools across Ontario, the provincial government is still refusing to enact health measures that would limit the health risks of the ongoing pandemic. Teachers [...]
On August 17, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared that the province’s teachers’ unions were “part of the problem” preventing implementation of his government’s plans for public schools. We couldn't agree more. In addition to the Ford’s [...]
Doug Ford’s popularity has risen over the past few months, mainly because his brutal policy of cutting social programs and funding for needy communities has been hidden by the provincial response to the pandemic. Recently, the Ontario government [...]
PV Ontario Bureau The pandemic currently gripping the world has exposed the precarious conditions in long-term care (LTC) homes in Ontario. Seventy-five percent of the deaths from coronavirus have been seniors who live in these homes. Out of a [...]
As working people suffer through a massive public health and economic crisis, the media and a wide range of politicians have come together on a project: the rehabilitation of Doug Ford. Before the pandemic Doug Ford’s approval rating had dropped [...]
By Bronwyn Cragg Ontario’s legislature has returned to session and with it comes the new, but much-contested, Bill 168 (or the “Combating Antisemitism Act”). Tabled in December by Conservative MPP Will Bouma, and having already passed its first [...]
February 21 and 22 were important dates in the escalating struggle against the Ford government this winter. On the first date, Ontario’s education workers organized one of the largest strikes in provincial history; the following day, the Ontario [...]
