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November 2, 2020 
Long-term care in Ontario has been a free market disaster
Why should we have “for-profit healthcare” in the first place? Why not nationalize LTCs altogether?
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October 31, 2020
Fighting fascism
We live in a time of crises. The a global pandemic intersecting with a climate and economic crises. For ordinary people, housing has become less…
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October 28, 2020
Ford’s adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism is a blow to democracy and anti-racism
Yesterday was a bad day for democracy and for all those who are working to end racism in Ontario. Yesterday, the Doug Ford government unilaterally…
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October 26, 2020
Social housing: It’s been done before and we’ll do it better next time
This summer the Ontario government announced it would invest an additional $500 million into jails. In response, the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project (TPRP) and Criminalization…
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October 5, 2020
Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en and #LandBack
This is a key moment, and we must let both TC Energy and the Wet’suwet’en know the whole world is watching.
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September 25, 2020
America after Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It’s time to go beyond Supreme Court justice worship and to focus on the immense possibility that only workers power can give us.
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September 22, 2020
Against the market: We can do better than basic income
Basic Income is on the table. Should the left support it?
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September 19, 2020
IHRA definition of antisemitism not helping fight against racism
Back in August, Barrie, Ontario Mayor Jeff Lehman put forward a motion for the city to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition…
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September 15, 2020
What world will we build back?
On September 14, the Liberals started their cabinet retreat ahead of the September 23 throne speech. Trudeau’s speech from the throne will focus on economic…
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September 8, 2020
We need an economy that works for workers
Just before Labour Day, Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) for August 2020. In normal times, the reported rise in employment of…
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September 2, 2020
The police cannot be reformed
Police enforce laws, not justice. Under capitalism, the basic legal framework is designed to protect private property and facilitate profit accumulation, not to meet human needs or ensure genuine equality.
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September 1, 2020
Navigating the New Brunswick election
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Blaine Higgs was anxiously waiting to see if his budget would be approved. The sitting Progressive Conservative Premier of New…