Canada’s first Day of Truth and Reconciliation was commemorated by the Prime Minister vacationing in Tofino and the RCMP attacking land defenders of the Wet’suwet’en nation. While many hoped this day would mark an improvement in the relationship between the capitalist state and Indigenous communities, it has only proven that reconciliation is dead. To end […]

A data leak containing millions of documents amounting to 2.94 terabytes of information has partially lifted the curtain on the offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, world leaders and public officials. This leak has exposed the tremendous parasitism of the ruling class, totalling anywhere from US$5.6 trillion to US$32 trillion in offshore […]

On Aug. 6, 20,000 RCMP police officers signed an agreement for a hefty 23.7 per cent wage increase. While calls for defunding and abolishing the police across Canada continue out of the Black Lives Matter movement, governments ignore these calls and continue with the status quo. While the RCMP is an oppressive tool of the […]

The reign of François Legault is beginning to resemble that of Maurice Duplessis, the premier who ruled Quebec with an iron fist in the 1940s and 1950s.

In recent weeks, the world has been shocked by images of US Customs and Border Protection officers on horseback whipping fleeing Haitian migrants with their reins. The cruelty of the scene and the respective races of the victim and the attacker evoked the imagery of colonialism and slavery. This incident was not merely an anecdote. […]

Throughout the media, employers have been crying out about the labour shortage and complaining about the damage caused to their wallets. In Quebec, the number of vacant positions is approximately 219,000 and the figure is 816,000 for Canada as a whole. Ninety-four per cent of Quebec businesses say they are short on manpower. The bosses […]

On Sept. 17, more than 9,000 students walked out of classes at the University of Western Ontario in protest against the sexual violence that runs rampant at Western and at universities in general. The walkout came after a shocking orientation weekend that saw up to 30 students drugged and assaulted on the night of Sept. […]

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied an application by Teal Cedar Products Ltd. to extend the injunction against blockades by protestors of old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. Teal Cedar was requesting a 12-month extension, but the court ruling means the injunction has now expired. This is a huge […]

Understanding and ending the oppression of Indigenous people requires a study of the development of Canadian capitalism, which was founded and built on the brutal exploitation and colonization of the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis. A study of this history also clearly shows that the continued oppression and suffering of Indigenous peoples today is inherently linked to the capitalist system, and points the way forward for emancipation through the fight for the socialist transformation of society.

A recent press release revealed that the City of Toronto spent $1.99 million violently evicting homeless people from Trinity Bellwoods Park, Alexandra Park, and Lamport Stadium. The additional costs of scattering homeless people around the city brings the price tag to well over $2 million. Community members were outraged that the city spent such an […]