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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A small group of Uber drivers, union officials and organizers gathered in Victoria’s inner harbour on the morning of Thursday, July 3, 2025, to drink coffee, pose for pictures, and celebrate the first-ever union certification of gig workers in Canada. This historic moment for the labour movement brings over 500 individual drivers into one, much […]
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On June 18, Vancouver dockworkers and their allies commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935). This so-called battle was actually a vicious attack by police, who were armed with machine guns and tear gas, on unarmed workers who were trying to provide for their families in the midst of the Great […]
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In 2014 a tailings pond collapsed in BC at the Mount Polley mine, spilling 25 billion litres of toxic sludge that obliterated a watershed and contaminated Quesnel Lake — a source of drinking water, a Fraser River tributary and home to salmon and trout. This stands as one of Canada’s worst ecological mining disasters. The […]
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A socialist candidate came first with over 51 percent of all the votes in Vancouver’s recent byelection. This clearly shows that people are looking for real change. On Saturday, April 5, Vancouver went to the polls to elect two councillors to replace two who had resigned. The campaign was dominated by two issues — the […]
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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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BC United has folded its election campaign in support of the BC Conservatives. The October election is going to be tight. Kevin Falcon, BC United’s leader, after months of accurately criticizing the reactionary and sometimes weird ideas of the Conservatives and their leader John Rustad, suddenly announced his party was supporting them. The decision was […]
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Update After 20 days on strike the HandyDART workers ratified a new contract. Over 600 workers at HandyDART in Metro Vancouver started strike action on September 3. HandyDART workers provide a vital public service, moving people with mobility issues door-to-door. They take people to and from medical appointments, for social trips and many other vital […]
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Socialist Alternative #30 This is a bumper 20-page issue! Contents include: Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and […]
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