by Barry Weisleder The massive 'anti-terror' Bill C-51 that Stephen Harper's Conservative government is rushing through the House of Commons has been roundly denounced, including by four former Prime Ministers and five ex-Supreme Court judges. It would create a secret…
Read More Terror bill, MP defection, show Liberals, Tories more alike
Though federal New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair rules out hiking taxes on corporations and the super-rich, and promotes investment in climate-wrecking fossil fuels and pipelines, the party's campaign for a cross-country child care plan is a breath of fresh…
Following the lead of the federal Conservative regime, the Ontario Liberal government announced that, starting in 2017, it will force its public service workers to pay more and work twice as long to qualify for retirement benefits such as life…
Read More OPS benefits cut, but NDP’s Horwath silent, and OFL’s Ryan pissed
by Barry Weisleder How can they get away with it? Ontario taxpayers have given millions to cereal-maker Kellogg Co., which amassed $2 billion in operating profits last year. In 2007, the Liberal government gave the breakfast food giant $2.4 million…
by Barry Weisleder Too much ink already has been spilled to expose the antics of Toronto's crack smoking, drunk driving, serial lying, gangster-linked mayor. The butt of late night comedy TV, Rob Ford is merely the unvarnished version of the…
by George Baron People talk about the "orange wave" that swept Nova Scotia in 2009, carrying provincial New Democratic Party leader Darrell Dexter to government. It's generally agreed that voters were fed up with the quality of governance provided…
TROTSKY SCHOOL - Education for Activists Conference with special guest speaker Glen Ford, U.S. radio host of the Black Agenda Report Friday, November 15 7 p.m. Security, Surveillance and the Strong State Glen Ford, editor, Black Agenda Report, radio host…
Read More Education for Activists Conference November 15 – 16
by Barry Weisleder When close to 400 New Democrats crowded a YMCA auditorium on September 14 to choose Linda McQuaig to be their candidate in the Toronto Centre federal by-election, they bucked a trend. The trend is exemplified by…
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…
Read More Henry Morgentaler and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom in the Canadian State
