Toronto needs housing not lawsuits
On Sunday, February 28, the Encampment Support Network (ESN) organized a peaceful action in front of Mayor John Tory’s residence at One Bedford Road. While…
On Sunday, February 28, the Encampment Support Network (ESN) organized a peaceful action in front of Mayor John Tory’s residence at One Bedford Road. While…
With no measure of accountability for landlords, little recourse for tenants, and an underfunded rental board increasingly siding with property owners, the City needs to decide who has the right to live in Montreal.
Last week marked one year since almost 300 of us stood outside of City Hall on a snowy and cold January day to rally in…
The severity of Toronto’s decades-long housing crisis has been exacerbated by COVID-19, resulting in a tidal wave of evictions. The provincial government has enabled corporate…
On December 29, nearly 20 Ottawa Police surrounded a grieving widow’s home and enforced an eviction order, effectively rendering her homeless in the midst of…
It is no secret that Halifax is in a housing crisis, one which has led to increased instances of houselessness. But just how bad is…
On Wednesday, September 23, several hundred community members attended a “Meal and March for Housing” in Toronto, organized by the Encampment Support Network (ESN) to…
Hundreds of tenants across Toronto gathered in Queen’s Park for a rally to protest Bill 184, the Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act. The…
The global health pandemic has only seen an increase in capitalism’s inhumanity. While Jeff Bezos is on track to becoming the world’s first trillionaire (a…
The COVID crisis has highlighted the urgent need for social housing, and the threat of anti-Asian racism. Spring Magazine spoke with Nat Lowe, a labour…
On May 6 over 50 honking cars circled Queen’s Park and Toronto City Hall in a car caravan demanding that the city and province immediately…
Through self-isolation and a stunted economy, COVID-19 chaos has amplified the tension between what is considered as a nice-to-have and what is essential. Access to…