A tragic shootout at my neighbourhood Bank of Montreal, near Victoria, recently left two people dead and six injured, grabbing national headlines. And news coverage of this event casually mentioned that this same bank — which is just across the street from the bank I use — had been successfully robbed just four months before: […]
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One unelected Supreme Court judge has overturned the democratic decision of the City of Vancouver. The ruling backs the greed of landlords over the need of people. In November 2021, Vancouver council agreed, with only one vote against, to implement rent control on Single Room Accommodation (SRA). These small units, about 100 square feet and […]
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Sixty years ago, North America’s first socialist government, in the heart of the Canadian prairies, Saskatchewan, enacted one of the demands outlined in its manifesto: a free, public health care system. This new program was enacted on July 1, 1962. However, this was not without a struggle, as on the first day of its enactment, […]
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On Friday, July 8, millions of Canadians woke up to find they couldn’t make phone calls, send texts or access the internet. Comments were going round social media, once the lines were reconnected, that it shouldn’t be such a bad thing if phone and social media were out for a day — maybe people would […]
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There’s the story of the guy who went to the gas station to pump up his car tires… they charged him 50 cents. He said, “it was only 20 cents last week.” The attendant replied, “that’s inflation for you.” Except inflation is no joke. When certain phrases get constantly used, they can lose their meaning. […]
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Marcus Kolbrunner is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). All support to the strike of the workers of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)! Xavier out! All support to the struggle of indigenous peoples in defense of their lives and lands! The barbaric murder of the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and the […]
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Workers Win Pay Raise and Cost of Living Agreement After 136 days, the strike of transit workers in the Whistler area ended on June 14. The lack of any public transit in the area caused real hardship, especially for low-paid workers, as well as to the 80 striking workers. The workers took strike action on […]
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Cost of Living Adjustment Needed Overwhelmingly, 33,000 BC Government employees have voted with a 94.6 percent majority, for strike action as they try to get the NDP government to agree wages that maintain living standards. The union, BCGEU, had an extensive campaign to reach members on the issues and to vote, taking the campaign to […]
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Defeat this Victorian Lunch Tax! The Saskatchewan Party’s latest attack is to levy a charge of $100 per elementary school child to supervise them during lunch time. Yes, you read that correctly; charge not for the food but to supervise children. And what happens if the parent can’t afford it? Dustin Duncan, the Sask Party’s […]
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The recent announcement that possession of up to 2.5 grams of certain illicit drugs will be exempted from criminal prosecution in BC has rightly been called a historic “forward step” towards addressing the ongoing toxic drug deaths. But in emergency situations, “forward steps” are not good enough — not if they are too slow and […]
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