The crusading pro-choice doctor, Henry Morgentaler, died in Toronto, May 29, 2013 at the age of 90. His death came three months after the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Supreme Court decision striking down Canada`s federal abortion law. That victory…
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Right wing governments in Canada seem to be on the ropes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's regime is mired in scandals, the latest centred on a $90,000 payoff by his former chief of staff to cover-up misappropriation of funds by Conservative…
by Julius Arscott, former OPS Mobilizer (resigned), Region 5, currently Vice President of OPSEU Local 532 On January 9, 2013, after several months of negotiation, the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union (OPSEU) reached tentative agreements for Central, Unified and the…
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On a cool, damp Saturday afternoon, on the front steps of Toronto's Old City Hall, nearly one hundred people gathered to demand "Reproductive Justice: Equal Access Now!" October 20 was a Pan-Canadian Day of Action to defend women's right to…
Desperate to change the channel on his scandal-wracked administration, Dalton McGuinty announced this evening, October 15, that he is stepping down as Ontario Premier and Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. McGuinty won't be missed. But his decision to prorogue…
Ottawa's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Iran is a desperate political move to try to sustain a reactionary and unpopular policy. Nothing to do with any Iranian threat to global peace and security, it is designed to counter the…
by Robbie Mahood Coming on the heels of the mass mobilisations of Quebec’s ‘printemps erable’ (Maple Spring), the September 4 vote result is disappointing. The election of a minority Parti Quebecois (PQ) government brings to an end a nine year…
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by Barry Weisleder About two thousand people braved persistent rainfall and cool temperatures on September 22 to celebrate the recent partial victory of the Quebec students' movement. They rallied at Parc Lafontaine and marched through the streets of downtown Montreal,…
Ottawa's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Iran is a desperate political move to try to sustain a reactionary and unpopular policy. Nothing to do with any Iranian threat to global peace and security, it is designed to counter the…
by Bruce Allen, Vice-President of CAW Local 199, and V.P. Niagara Regional Labour Council (writing in a personal capacity) Just prior to the start of the 2012 Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) Collective Bargaining and Constitutional Convention, held in…
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