The great COVID business bailout
From CEWS, CEBA, CERS and industry specific bailouts to a policy of cheap money and central bank bond purchasing the Canadian state has intervened to make the rich richer.
From CEWS, CEBA, CERS and industry specific bailouts to a policy of cheap money and central bank bond purchasing the Canadian state has intervened to make the rich richer.
“When society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite…
Regarding the battle against climate change, there is a common liberal argument that says we simply need an improvement in technology, or to push market…
A strike, an occupation or even a political campaign is only as strong as the rank and file make it.
Last weekend both the Liberal and NDP federal conventions saw delegates discuss basic income motions. Liberal delegates passed the resolution with 77% support. And while…
Big Tech cannot be a neutral arbiter of what political speech is acceptable or not acceptable. Its quest for profits, ties to governments and class position inevitably shape what they see as political and what is deemed as acceptable.
Today, April 1, the Nova Scotia Government raised the minimum wage by 40 cents to $12.95 per hour. Although this is one of the largest…
As the country begins to recover from a devastating pandemic, companies have used the chaos to attack unionized workers’ rights. By allowing the recall periods…
The vision for Palestinian national liberation must be centered around the demands of the BDS movement, decolonization, wealth redistribution, and re-education.
On March 17, a white man perpetrated a horrific attack on Asian women working in massage parlours, leaving eight dead. The murders shocked many and…
Climate change and systemic racism are two heads of the same colonial coin that is the Canadian state. To tackle climate change, we must also address the racism that our structures are built from.
On February 24 the parliament voted down, by 295 to 32, NDP Peter Julian’s bill C-213 that would have been the first step towards a…

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