Canada is bracing for the impact of newly inaugurated President Trump. It looks likely to be a tumultuous period for relations between the Canadian and US states. Although Trump did not announce tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports on his first day, he has said he plans to introduce them on February 1. Much like […]
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Update: March 2 A month is a long time in politics and Trump’s trade war has upended Poilievre’s straight road to victory. He spent the last year saying Canada was broken and now he is scrambling to re-brand himself as pro -Canada. Trudeau is going, but the uncertainty and turbulence are not over. The Liberals […]
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Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada… Donald Trump’s growing “shopping list” expresses the military and economic interests of US imperialism. Washington and Wall Street are prepared to run over democratic rights and entire populations. As Trump’s inauguration approaches, governments around the world are holding their breaths, desperately preparing for what might occur. Rather than fighting his […]
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The Liberal government has ended the strike of 55,000 postal workers with an underhand use of an obscure clause, Section 107, of The Canada Labour Code. They used the same tactics to attack rail and port workers. In all three cases the bosses made unreasonable demands, attacking working conditions and jobs and then refusing to […]
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Chrystia Freeland’s resignation as Finance Minister is the latest blow to the crumbling Trudeau government. The NDP has stated it will vote “no confidence” in the government. How the government’s demise plays out is being debated now by Liberal MPs, as they face humiliating defeat in the election that is probably only months away. Unfortunately, for […]
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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is 35 years since the École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal on December 6, 1989, when fourteen women engineering students were murdered, and another ten women and four men were injured. Violence against women continues to be scourge of society. December 6, […]
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On November 15, 55,000 postal workers walked off the job. After a year of failed negotiations with Canada Post, the two sides are still far apart. Key Demands The higher cost of living has had a real impact on postal workers, who haven’t seen an increase in several years. One worker, Bryan, said that being […]
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Solidarity with Longshore The Federal Labour Minister, MacKinnon, has imposed compulsory arbitration on the disputes that have closed the ports along BC’s coast and in Montréal. The ports were closed after the employers locked out the workforce. Canada’s three busiest cargo ports, Vancouver, Montréal and Prince Rupert, were shut. With MacKinnon’s action on November 12, […]
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Nine days after the polls closed on Saturday, October 19, the outcome of BC’s election is becoming clearer. The BC Conservatives, which only four years ago got less than two percent of the vote and elected no one, with many candidates who had outlandish and bizarre views, nearly won. They were running against the NDP […]
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Last April 1st, the Alberta-based Western Standard ran a story with the headline: “Federal budget commits funding to convert one lane of Trans-Canada Highway for bicycles.” The story continued to relate how the Liberal budget had set aside $100 billion to build bike lanes along the entire length of the Trans-Canada. Hard to believe, eh? […]
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