Aiden Sisler interviewed Jean Swanson. Aiden Sisler of Socialist Alternative interviewed Jean about why she is running for Council, what she will do when elected and about going to prison for peacefully protesting against Trudeau’s pipeline. “I’ve worked for 40 years trying to get governments to end poverty and homelessness. I’ve had many frustrating interactions […]
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Vancouver’s political revolution is rolling forward. Jean Swanson is running again for City Council! This follows from the political earthquake she caused in last November’s city by-election. On June 9, at a rally at The Crescent in Shaughnessy, a Vancouver neighbourhood so tony it should be called Anthony, Jean Swanson announced she is a candidate […]
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Socialist Alternative Canada reviews the winning of $15, and its role in this victory On June 1, workers in British Columbia got the first increase on the way to a $15.20 an hour minimum wage. BC is following Alberta and Ontario in moving to a minimum wage of $15 or more. Alberta will reach $15 […]
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Trudeau has capitulated to Kinder Morgan’s blackmail. Canada’s Liberal government will buy the existing pipeline that runs from Alberta’s tar sands to the port of Vancouver for $4.5 billion. It is now Trudeau’s pipeline. It will be up to his government to try to force through the pipeline expansion against mass resistance. Trudeau’s decision will […]
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The resistance to Kinder Morgan’s pipeline to Vancouver is building. At the end of January British Columbia’s NDP government announced restrictions on any increase in diluted bitumen (dilbit) allowed to pass through BC’s coastal waters. In early March, in the biggest gathering so far against the pipeline, 10,000 people joined as First Nations stepped up […]
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British Columbia’s NDP government delivered some good news and some bad news on the minimum wage. The good news: not only are we getting a $15 minimum wage, but they’re throwing two extra dimes into the deal. The bad news: the low paid workers of Canada’s most expensive province will have to wait 40 long […]
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People in Vancouver regularly talk about the coming “big one,” referring to a likely future earthquake, as the city lies near a major fault line. An earthquake struck Vancouver on Saturday, October 14, but it was a political earthquake, revealing deep faults in the city’s society. A radical independent candidate, Jean Swanson, came second in […]
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Trudeau, Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister, has stated loud and clear his determination to push the Kinder Morgan pipeline through to Vancouver harbour, carrying 890,000 barrels a day of diluted tar sand’s bitumen. The pipeline will feed 400 super tankers, each with a capacity of 120,000 tonnes, a year passing through the harbour. The pipeline will […]
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Socialist Alternative Vancouver voted unanimously to support Jean Swanson’s election campaign for the City Council by-election on October 14. Jean, running as an independent, has already gained wide support in her drive to bring a political revolution to Vancouver city hall. She is a tireless campaigner fighting for over 40 years against poverty, and for […]
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