Bruno-Pierre Guillette and Deirdre Grégoire are members of Alternative Socialiste (CWI in Quebec). On April 7th 2014, the Québec Liberal Party (PLQ) won a majority government with 70 MPs elected (41.2 % of votes), despite widespread allegations corruption. The PLQ campaigned mainly on the claim of providing jobs and opposition to the PQ’s Charter. The Parti […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members in Vancouver. For the last month, the main roads of Vancouver have been usually quiet as around 1,500 truck drivers who service the port of Vancouver have been on strike. On Thursday, March 28, after defying many threats, the drivers went back to work having won significant improvements in their […]
Continue ReadingOn July 21 Michael McDonell, aged 24, tragically drowned. His death is a huge shock and loss to his family, friends and the struggle for a better world. Socialist Alternative extends our deepest sympathy to his family and his many friends. Michael had just graduated from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with flying colours and was […]
Continue ReadingNeoliberalism’s purpose is to shift the balance of money and power away from the working class and to the rich and their corporations. One of the strategies to achieve that goal is the weakening of the bargaining power and the working conditions of working people. Alongside the rise of automation, outsourcing, downsizing, and clawbacks of […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members in BC. On May 14 the New Democratic Party (NDP) achieved a stunning defeat in British Columbia’s provincial election, losing to the BC Liberals for the fourth time. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Just over a year ago the Liberals were in free fall after choosing a new […]
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A new movement of Canada’s First Nations is mounting resistance to the Conservative government. Taking up crucial issues such as poverty on reserves and land rights, it also challenges the neo-liberal policies which threaten environmental destruction in pursuit of energy industry profits. THE IDLE NO MORE movement of First Nations is potentially the biggest challenge […]
Continue ReadingJess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This past September saw the lowest amount of Arctic summer sea ice recorded in 33 years of measurement. Climate change experts warn that the Arctic could be ice-free as early as 2020, 30 years earlier than the last estimate published in 2007. A complete […]
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Joshua Kortiz is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Bruno-Pierre Guillette is a member of Alternative Socialiste (CWI in Quebec). On 4 September, Quebec voters elected the Parti Québecois (PQ) to lead a minority government, with Pauline Marois as the first female prime minister in Quebec history. On the heels of the mass […]
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Just over a year ago, in May 2011, the Canadian Conservatives won their first majority government since 1988, although they had been a minority government for five years. Winning a majority has enabled them to start delivering on their long-held goal to change Canada fundamentally with a thorough neo-liberal agenda in favour of big business […]
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The new leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party, Thomas Mulcair, faces big challenges and opportunities as the majority Conservative government continues its cold, neo-liberal agenda. Mulcair was elected leader of the NDP, and the official opposition in March of this year, after the previous leader, Jack Layton, died suddenly of cancer in August 2011. […]
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