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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Canada has now been under COVID-19 restrictions for three months and many provinces are starting to open up again, although the virus is not under control. Canada is not yet out of the first wave and is certainly not ready to deal with the inevitable second wave. The Liberal government has acted too little and […]
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Around the world countries are lifting the restrictions that were introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. People are allowed to leave their homes, and workplaces, cafes and stores are re-opening. The sharp closures of society and economy were needed to reduce the level of infection and death from the virus, only because of the inadequate […]
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Julien Daigneault is a member of Alternative Socialiste (ISA in Quebec). Bill 61 project unmasks austerity to come The nationalist and conservative government of François Legault has failed its legislative tour de force aiming to “restart” the Québec economy. It was unable to get its Bill 61 approved; a bill that aimed to give it […]
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Over $2.3 million was the cost of Trudeau’s failed attempt to get Canada a seat on the UN Security Council. In the age of the pandemic with the billions of government dollars swirling around for different programs, $2.3 million may seem like a drop in the ocean. But it isn’t. For the middle class, so […]
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For months now, Canadians have been told over and over again that frequently washing our hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is one of the best ways to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. For thousands of people living in First Nations communities without clean drinking water, this is easier said than […]
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Tax Mansions, Build Social Housing The economic downturn triggered by COVID-19 has not spared any industry, and Vancouver’s housing market is no different, immediately hitting sales and in the future construction. Over 40,000 homes were built across the greater Vancouver region in May 2020, a mere two months after BC announced its state of emergency. […]
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This past week, the head of the RCMP finally admitted that there was institutional racism in the force, just days after claiming “we don’t have systemic racism,” in spite of years of evidence to the contrary. The last few weeks alone have shown overwhelming proof of the RCMP’s systematic assault on Canadian racial minorities: the […]
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Leslie interviewed a worker about her job in the time of COVID-19. Carol started at her company in a manual labour role. It was a full-time union job – a job she enjoyed. She’s now a sales representative, which is a more lucrative position. She needed to take on this non-union role to support her […]
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Written by a BC stepdad. Closure of BC schools due to coronavirus marked a sudden double transformation in lives of school-aged children: their homes became classrooms, and their parents became their teachers. During the last two months much has been written about the difficulties teachers and parents encountered since long-distance learning commenced in BC. In […]
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