Since industrialization, women in the workforce have been at the forefront of labour organization, fighting against inequality and gender oppression. Before even gaining the right to vote, they strove for the liberation of all working-class people from capitalism. Dangerous conditions and desperate poverty have pushed women to initiate numerous historic strikes in the textile, garment […]
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The outcome of the NDP leadership race may determine whether the party remains relevant in federal politics. In the 2025 election the NDP only won 7 seats, the worst in its history. Since the federal NDP won 103 seats in the 2011 election, aided by a collapse in both Liberal and Bloc Québécois votes, it […]
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Leslie Kemp and Sean Rohne Louis Riel has been transformed from a traitor to a hero. The Louis Riel Act was passed in the Manitoba legislature in 2023, giving Riel the honorary title of “First Premier of Manitoba.” Premier Kinew called this a “historic correction.” This is a far cry from his vilification as a […]
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With a stroke of the pen, Carney illuminated his party’s position on the growing climate disaster. His signature on the MOU erased any illusions (not that Socialist Alternative had any) that the Liberal Party is serious about reducing emissions and averting climate catastrophe. It made clear where its allegiances lie: with big business and big […]
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Gender-based violence continues to be a scourge in Canada. On the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, Socialist Alternative Canada’s Socialist Feminist Working Group organized a powerful meeting against gender violence and oppression. About thirty people participated in the meeting, both in-person and connecting through Zoom from cities across Canada, including watch parties in Vancouver, […]
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One year before the provincial elections, Québec’s premier, François Legault, no longer needs to pretend at “social dialogue.” He now openly exposes his anti-union agenda. Various propositions for attacks on unions have circulated within Québec’s Labour ministry, even suggesting a questioning of the Rand formula, which is a foundation of Canadian unions since 1946. This […]
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Mark Carney’s Liberals won the election promising to stand up to Trump and his tariffs and threats to make Canada the 51st state. In office, Carney dropped the “elbows up” approach; instead, he is appeasing Trump. The Liberals have scrapped almost all tariffs on US imports. They agreed to join the “Golden Dome,” a space-based […]
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Unfortunately Alberta’s unions retreated and now are running a much weaker campaign trying to recall some UCP members of the legislature. This is a crucial struggle for the Canadian labour movement, to defend the democratic right to strike. Now is a time for unions in Alberta and Canada to act — words will not defeat […]
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It’s been more than twenty years since Canada Post’s bosses set out to undermine the service — a public service that for most people in Canada is much valued and loved. Mike Palecek, a former letter carrier and former national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), recalls that although he was proud […]
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In Canada, 2025 is the year of the transit fare hike. Fares have gone up in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Victoria, with Edmonton and Calgary soon to follow. Many cities are also cracking down on fare evaders despite Human Rights Watch warning that such crackdowns disproportionately target poor and racialized people. Meanwhile transit service is […]
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