This scandal isn’t breaking out because of any aversion to violence on the part of the capitalist establishment. This outcry against the guillotine only made headlines because it provided an opportunity to attack the left and the unions. It is a mistake to capitulate in the face of this hypocritical criticism.

What this appalling barbarity reveals is neither new nor surprising: the police is a deeply racist institution.

The separatists claim that people are getting ripped off and it resonates because they are getting ripped off. The problem is that the separatists are dead wrong about who’s exploiting hard-working Albertans.

Faced with a dire situation, the proposals from the CLC leadership failed to meet the moment. Instead, they seemed content to stick their heads in the sand, and to continue using the failed methods of the past.

“Whenever we raise our voice, they just say, ‘You don’t work for us.’”

“Nurses are a critical part of the healthcare system. Why should we accept less?”

If more MPs do give up their seats, that will threaten Carney’s razor-thin majority in parliament.

These privatizations will make life worse for the working class, but from the standpoint of capitalism, they are the logical next step.

The right to self-determination isn’t worth much in Canada.

The government wants to set a new standard for the public sector, starting with the largest section of the civil service.