The city of Surrey is the second largest in British Columbia, with nearly 600,000 mostly working-class residents. It is home to families from Canada and dozens of other countries and is host to some of the largest multi-ethnic celebrations in Canada, including the massive annual Vaisakhi parade of up to half a million people, a […]
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The Vancouver Canucks finally took to their home ice and notched a 3-2 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in an empty Rogers Arena on April 18. In spite of the win, the Canucks were mostly on the back foot and looked somewhat sluggish in their first National Hockey League game in 25 days. […]
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Alberta’s Bill 32: Unprecedented escalation of Kenney’s war on workers There’s a good general rule for whether a piece of legislation will help or harm working people. If the business community says that it will lead to an economic Armageddon, workers probably stand to benefit (at the expense of their profits). But if the bosses […]
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This article is based on interviews with current and former Amazon warehouse employees. 6:30 pm: time to wake up. You’re a little peeved because your housemates have been noisy since they got home from work a half-hour ago, even though you’ve asked them time and again to keep it down just for that little bit […]
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The word “hero” is in vogue these days. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the importance in our society of nurses, cleaners, and grocery store workers to millions. Most Canadians are rightly grateful for the labour of these workers, who are doing their best to contain the pandemic and keep the country fed, often at great […]
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“With lost jobs and lost wages due to COVID-19, many tenants are worried they can’t make the rent.” Such a statement, made by BC’s premier John Horgan just a week before April rent day, could have been an introduction to provide much reassurance and a solid plan for renters who are reeling under the economic […]
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Stop Press On Friday, February 21, Trudeau stated that “the barricades need to come down now.” This is a warning that his pretend conciliation is coming to an end. On the same day the B.C.s’ Environmental Assessment Office has halted construction until Coastal GasLink consults with Indigenous communities. As Parliament resumed this week, Justin Trudeau is […]
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Vancouver voters made history on Saturday, October 20, 2018 by electing veteran organizer and community campaigner Jean Swanson to city council in the city’s most important electoral victory in decades. She with one school board and two parks board candidates were all elected under the rejuvenated Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) banner. The campaign’s centrepiece […]
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British Columbia’s NDP government delivered some good news and some bad news on the minimum wage. The good news: not only are we getting a $15 minimum wage, but they’re throwing two extra dimes into the deal. The bad news: the low paid workers of Canada’s most expensive province will have to wait 40 long […]
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Kinder Morgan wants to turn Vancouver into a major bitumen exporting port. Bill Hopwood outlines the background of the campaign to stop Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline and Chris Fofonoff writes about his arrest. Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Pipeline The company wants to rebuild its existing pipeline which was built to carry crude oil from Alberta to […]
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