In 2020—a year in which students faced a global pandemic, sky-high housing costs and a subpar virtual learning experience—the University of Waterloo (UW) made $117.5 million in net profit, largely thanks to the $595 million the school brought in from academic fees, the largest line in their revenue report. UW is a money making institution […]

A worrying new variant of COVID-19 has emerged, designated B.1.1.529 or Omicron. This strain was an inevitable product of the reckless pursuit of short-term capitalist interests, which are dragging out this seemingly endless pandemic nightmare. The Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa, where it has been rapidly outcompeting the formerly dominant Delta variant […]

The city of Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, has been under a state of emergency since Oct. 12 due to contamination of their water supply. Residents started to voice growing concerns over foul-smelling tap water as early as Oct 2. On Oct 4, the city inspected the water treatment plant, taking samples from half a dozen […]

Last weekend’s UCP annual general meeting in Calgary looked more and more like a dress rehearsal for the downfall of Jason Kenney. Even after mobilizing party staffers to stack the meeting with his supporters and paying their registration fees through a dubious scheme involving political action committees (PACs), the party apparatchiks could not muster the […]

On Monday, Nov. 22, 780 warehouse and delivery workers launched an unlimited strike against Quebec’s alcohol crown corporation, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). The strike is an escalation from last week’s one-day walkout which failed to produce concessions from the government.  The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents these workers, denounced […]

Doug Ford has many tricks up his sleeve. After more than three years of the most vicious attacks on working-class people, and the criminal mishandling of the pandemic, the premier of Ontario has at last turned a new leaf! Yesterday, we had Doug Ford the callous millionaire; today we have Doug Ford the Good, “man […]

This article was originally published in French on marxiste.qc.ca During Québec solidaire’s congress on Nov. 19-21, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois set the tone when he said that the left-wing party was “preparing to govern.” How? The debates during the weekend show for all to see that the party leadership and the MNAs are “preparing” by moderating the […]

Lambton-area Clean Harbors workers are on strike against the largest waste management company in North America, demanding wage increases and protection from reprisals should they refuse unsafe work. On Nov. 22 custodians, thermal desorption workers, lab workers and fill operators, represented by Unifor Local 914, went on strike against Clean Harbors in Corunna. Their contract […]

Torrential rains have caused devastation across British Columbia. Hundreds of people have been trapped by landslides, thousands have been forced to evacuate, and hundreds of thousands have gone without electricity. The city of Vancouver, the second largest port in North America, has been cut off from the rest of Canada. But this biblical-scale flooding is […]

At 11 a.m. on Nov. 12, between 200 and 250 students attending Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto walked out of their classrooms. They entered the streets chanting “Free Palestine!”, “Hey, hey, TDSB, Palestine will be free”, “TDSB, we will not be silenced!”, “Justice for Javier Davila!” and “Justice for Desmond Cole!”. During the hour […]