In 1996, workers with the Ontario Public Service (OPS) went on strike for the first time, standing up to Mike Harris’ Progressive Conservative government, its…
While some breathe a sigh of relief at avoiding a Poilievre government, the winnowing of the political contest into a two-corporate-party race across much of Canada contains many troubling undercurrents for the left.
Neil Oberman personifies the Conservative party’s hypocrisy on freedom of expression. In service of a genocidal foreign state, Pierre Poilievre’s candidate for the Mount Royal…
The fear of Poilievre has turned to hope that Carney can beat him. But Carney is no alternative. Between Carney (the banker) and Poilievre (the bully), workers must fight for real alternatives that leave no one left behind.
Headlines about low voter turnout have become commonplace across the country in recent years. Even as the political stakes are higher, people seem understandably checked…
On Sunday, January 19 2025, Hamiltonian progressive and leftist communities organized outside of the Hamilton Jewish Federation’s (HJF) building in anticipation of Melissa Lantsman, a…
Ford’s election call is politically self-serving – designed to get re-elected before the threat of Poilievre’s cuts, and using patriotism to erase the memory of his policies and to divide workers across borders. Nonetheless, the way to respond to Ford’s early election is not to oppose the election, it is to say bring it on.
With a federal election looming, many Canadians are worried about what will become of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, otherwise known…
Trudeau’s reforms are far outweighed by his failures and his coziness with big business, clearing the way for Poilievre to monopolize anger against the cost of living crisis – but with no plan to support affordable housing or food.
In this episode of Spring Radio, we sat down with Ricardo Tranjan to discuss the Conservatives’ slogan ‘Build the Homes,’ versus what the evidence actually tells us about housing in Canada.
The politics of Pierre Poilievre are a very major threat but they are also a symptom of societal crisis and the lack of a fighting response on the left. Poilievre won’t wait for the next election to start spreading his poison.
After six waves and more than two years of COVID-19, the Ontario election on June 2 should be a referendum on Premier Doug Ford’s pandemic response. Based on his record a vote for Ford is a vote for COVID, but the Liberals are no alternative.
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