In Hamilton, 1,450 railcar workers, organized with United Steelworkers Local 7135, at National Steel Car are on strike against wage cuts, intimidation, and unsafe work, after multiple workplace deaths.

After the fourth anniversary of the report on missing and murdered Indigenous women, how many of the calls for justice have actually been fulfilled: 100? 50? 10? No. The answer is two out of 231.

The Bank of Canada raised its overnight lending rate for two consecutive months, after pausing its hikes earlier this year. These increases risk throwing workers into bankruptcy and triggering a painful recession.

The Liberal gov’t is preparing to intervene to end the strike of 7,400 B.C. port workers. The union must reject binding arbitration and any other attempt to force them back to work.

We say: Don’t back down, strike to win!

On Feb. 11, 1969, the Montreal police violently put down one of the largest student occupations in Canadian history. For two weeks, as many as 300 students had peacefully occupied the computer centre at Sir George Williams University to protest a racist professor’s treatment of Black students, and the administration’s complicity in defending him.

Bill C-18, The Online News Act, has the Canadian government locked in a battle with tech giants Google and Meta. 

On June 8, the New Brunswick government rolled back protections for trans students in public schools. This is an attack on the rights of trans people which will inevitably harm vulnerable children. 

The Lac-Mégantic tragedy, in which 47 people lost their lives following a train derailment, is 10 years old today. Quebec filmmaker Philippe Falardeau’s recent documentary, Mégantic: ceci n’est pas un accident (“Mégantic: this is not an accident”), revisits the events and sheds new light on this huge scandal.

On June 28, a knife-wielding man burst into a philosophy of gender class at the University of Waterloo, stabbing the professor and two students. This clearly hate-motivated attack comes after months of a delirious media campaign in which right-wing politicians and commentators have sought to foment hatred of trans people.

On June 26, former New Democratic Party MP Olivia Chow was elected mayor of Toronto, promising to reverse past mayors’ cuts and lower the cost of housing. Looking at the details, however, it is highly doubtful that Chow’s moderate candidacy or her self-described “modest” platform will withstand pressure from the city’s bosses and landlords.