by Stefan Peters-Hnatiuk, At the end of May, the Ontario Liberal government announced “sweeping” labour law reforms, inclining them to bask in the glory of their freshly appropriated “progressive values”, eliciting the ire and indignation of Conservatives, while causing New…
Category: Poverty
Poverty and Homelessness in Canada: Kurdish Socialists Host John Clarke
Members of Socialist Action joined about 30 Kurdish socialists and supporters gathered at the East York Civic Center on June 4 to listen to John Clarke, provincial organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, talk about Poverty and Homelessness in…
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Growth without “well-being”
by Barry Weisleder The gap between economic growth and the well-being of Canadians widened considerably since the 2008 recession. That is the conclusion of the Canadian Index of Well-being (CIW) which released its third national report on November 23. This…
When it comes to the poor, NO LIVES MATTER!
by Mitchell Shore In a memorial for the death of a homeless person, more than 50 people gathered outside of Toronto Mayor John Tory’s luxury condo on February 19. Protesters demanded immediate action to stop the preventable death of homeless…
Vote NO to OPS Concessionary Deal
By: Julius Arscott President, OPSEU Local 532 Members of the Ontario Public Service (represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union) are being asked to ratify a three year (2015 – 2017) concessionary tentative agreement. While many of the major…
Inside Election 2015: The War Not Mentioned
by Barry Weisleder We are on the threshold of momentous change. Around the world working people are deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. We face endless economic crisis, endless wars abroad, and ever-rising surveillance and repression at home. We…
The Ontario election and the future of the NDP
by Barry Weisleder Conservative leader Tim Hudak got exactly what he deserved. On June 12 Ontario voters rejected his plan to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs and to gut the unions. For the most part, labour’s campaign to stop Hudak…