“White saviourism turns people into projects; trauma and personal stories into fundraising campaigns; communities and marginalized groups into lucrative ‘causes.’ Justice sees people in the…
The politics of housing is a struggle between the rich and the rest of us
“I’ve applied for medically assisted death (MAiD) essentially…because of abject poverty.” Those are the words of Denise (a pseudonym to protect her identity), a 31-year-old…
Police are state instruments of class violence, and are indispensable to the maintenance of capitalism. There are few ways in which that violence is deployed…
The housing market has become increasingly hoarded and monopolized by capitalists doing everything in their power to extract as much as they can from as…
The housing crisis in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has gotten significantly worse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest Rental Market Report from…
The housing crisis is clear: people are living in their relatives’ garages, or in the subway, or outdoors in parks, or on sidewalks. The solution needs to address how ruthless landlords and real estate companies, backed by unfair government housing policies, pushed them there and denied their humanity. This requires taking on the myths that fuel the housing crisis.
Toronto city council recently deferred a housing framework for legalized multiple-tenant housing (MTH) presented by planning staff. Spring Magazine’s Loretta Fisher spoke with a long-time…
Almost a century ago, Canadian socialists advanced a vision for cities built in the interest of people, not profit, that included gorgeous public housing. We should look to their ideas to learn how we can revitalize public life.
On October 1, Toronto City Councilors were finally supposed to vote on the planned initiative for regulated multiple-tenant affordable housing. But voting was once again…
It has been months since the encampment evictions that garnered national attention and outrage in Toronto this summer, however none of the city’s actions have…
The following is a deputation delivered to City Councillors ahead of the October 1 vote on the proposal to legalize multi-tenant housing. I was relieved…
