On Jan. 8 at 6:38 PM, Toronto’s paramedics union tweeted out a Code Red: there were no ambulances available in the city to respond to emergency calls. Anyone who called 911 with a medical emergency would’ve had to wait for an unknown amount of time for an ambulance to reach them, or somehow get themselves […]

A report released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer in early December 2021 showed that wealth inequality is on the rise in Canada. Equally, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released in January 2022 revealed that during the worst of the pandemic in 2020, Canadian CEOs saw their compensation rise. But this […]

A report released in early December by the Auditor General (AG) has found that employers have failed to protect foreign agricultural workers from COVID-19. The report details at length how the federal government and employers have consistently allowed tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to be sent to dangerous and uninspected worksites. Canadian […]

Mass public outrage has forced the Ontario Progressive Conservative government to backtrack in their plans to reopen schools in the midst of record COVID-19 cases. After experiencing four waves of the virus and being warned against the highly contagious Omicron variant, the Ford government did absolutely nothing to prepare. Instead, Ontarians have been abruptly thrown […]

More and more working class Torontonians are finding themselves late to work due to bus, streetcar and subway delays. The transit they need isn’t arriving and, when it does, the vehicles are packed. TTC management has put the blame on the anti-vaxxers, sent home on unpaid leave. But that does not explain why management hasn’t […]

In the early months of COVID-19, as the first lockdowns came into effect, long-term care homes (CHSLDs) in Quebec became epicentres of infection and death. Recently this has been brought back into focus by a scathing report written by Quebec ombudsperson Marie Rinfret and a separate inquiry by coroner Géhane Kamel. The CAQ have been […]

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 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has been embroiled in controversy recently over the attempt to implement a vaccine mandate for its workforce. Mandates are currently being implemented in workplaces all across the country, and are a part of overall efforts to end the pandemic and ensure workers’ health and safety. The bosses’ track record on […]

Jason Kenney is bitterly hated. He has the lowest approval rating among all Canadian premiers. When Kenney took office in June 2019, his approval was at 61 per cent. Now his approval rating stands at a paltry 31 per cent. After numerous scandals, budget cuts, and handouts to large corporations, it’s no surprise that millions […]

Anti-vaccine protesters have become a sadly common fixture of the pandemic, but they hit a new low at the beginning of September, targeting hospitals and harassing health-care workers across Canada.  The protests followed announcements from British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Ontario Premier Doug Ford about the implementation of vaccination passports in their respective provinces.  […]