The Liberals and NDP have announced a “supply-and-confidence” agreement that will see the two parties work together on seven policy areas and avoid a federal election until 2025. But is it good deal for workers? The parties say the deal commits [...]
“They took all the trees / And put them in a tree museum / Then they charged the people / A dollar and a half just to see 'em” So wrote Joni Mitchell in 1970. She, of course, meant this as irony – a slap-down to the “chop it – pave it – sell it” [...]
The weekend of June 6-7 saw protests in communities across Canada, denouncing systemic racism and police brutality. There were huge turnouts in large centres, but some of the most impressive rallies were in smaller cities. Regina, with a [...]
In what can only be described as a gift to Benjamin Netanyahu in his scramble to remain in power, Justin Trudeau sent a letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) saying it had no jurisdiction to investigate Israeli war crimes against [...]
Dear Mr. Justin Trudeau: I have read with great disappointment your office’s announcement that you are meeting with what many Venezuelans and Canadians alike consider the real impostor, Juan Guaidó, in the political crisis that your government is [...]
The Lima Group meets in Gatineau on February 20, across the river from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill. The group was originally established on August 8, 2017 by twelve countries that initially signed the Lima Declaration: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, [...]
