On June 18, 750 CN Rail signal and communications workers in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2052 went on strike across the country, demanding wages and benefits that keep up with inflation. The original offer that the union rejected involved a pay increase of only eight per cent over three years, with […]

In a recent article by the Toronto Star, it was found that police are not only repeatedly violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but they are not even being notified when courts throw out cases because of police violations of Charter rights—let alone facing consequences for them. They found an astounding 600 court rulings […]

On May 10, the Trudeau government announced a $10 billion loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX), just three months after promising that “no more additional public money” will be spent on the project. If completed, the expansion will increase the pipeline system’s capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels per day. The announcement garnered […]

High gas prices are hitting Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMCs) employed by Canada Post particularly hard. Unlike their urban counterparts, RSMCs are not provided with company vehicles. To make matters worse, these workers are also expected to provide their own vehicles containing at least 100 cubic meters of space or more. Such a threshold […]

By nearly all metrics, Indigenous people consistently rank as the worst-off group in Canada. Incarceration rates are no different. While incarceration rates as a whole have dropped off steadily through the past few decades, more Indigenous people are being imprisoned now than ever before.  The disparities in incarceration rates between Indigenous people and the rest […]

A report released the morning of June 6 definitively proves there’s a systemic racism problem in the Toronto Police Service (TPS). Data shows that people of colour were significantly overrepresented in the 949 use of force incidents that occured in 2020. In particular, 39 per cent of people Toronto police used force against were Black […]

The recent unionization drive in Amazon warehouses in the United States is now reverberating in Canada. In Quebec, the CSN began a unionization drive at the Lachine distribution center. In Ontario, Teamsters’ union representatives could be seen handing out pamphlets at the entrances to facilities in Cambridge, London, Milton, and Kitchener. In Alberta, Teamsters Local […]

In mid-May, two men were killed in Chinatown, near downtown Edmonton. These murders have reignited discussions about safety in the downtown area and on transit. United Conservative Party (UCP) Justice Minister Shandro reacted to the murders by invoking Alberta’s Police Act, publishing a letter addressed to Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, writing that he [Shandro] has […]

A new poll finds nearly one-quarter of Canadians are going hungry and hundreds of thousands more are reliant on food banks as rising costs erode stagnant incomes.   ‘Stretched to their limits’ A new poll by Food Banks Canada finds that nearly one-quarter (23 per cent) of Canadians reported skipping meals or “eating less than they […]

The B.C. NDP government is going ahead with its plan to build a new and costly museum to replace the Royal B.C. Museum. Under normal circumstances a government promising to replace an aging museum would be met with praise. And with the ending of most COVID restrictions the provincial government would like us all to […]