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Labour Arbitration Is No Alternative To A Strike
OSSTF members would be wise to vote down a plan that would force them to surrender their right to strike.

Reviewing The State Of The Labour Market – August 2023
Despite the surprise and concern expressed by some in the mainstream, last month’s jobs report was no indication of unflinching resiliency

A Look At The State Of Labour In The Atlantic Provinces
This week I sat down with Judy and Larry Haiven to talk about work and labour in the Atlantic provinces.

Gap Between Rich And Poor Widens At Record Pace: Statistics Canada
The poorest 40 per cent of Canadians control less than three per cent of net wealth.

Podcast: Canadians Are Fed Up With The Telco Oligopoly
We spoke to OpenMedia's Matt Hatfield about a recent poll indicating that a majority of Canadians are concerned about the impact of corporate oligopolies.

Will The NDP Ever Hold The Liberals To Account For Their Scandals?
The Liberals gave McKinsey & Company more than $100 million in consulting contracts, and the NDP has little to say about it.

Is Chrystia Freeland A Fraud Or A Nazi Sympathizer?
Freeland is supposedly a credible voice on Ukrainian history, and yet she has applauded the country’s Nazis on multiple occasions.

The Conservative Party Has No Real Solutions For The Affordability Crisis
'Powerful paycheques' is a catchy slogan, but the Conservatives lack the ideas needed to make it come true.

Blame Government, Not International Students, For Housing Crisis
Debates about whether to impose a cap on international students allow both major parties to avoid conversations about real change.

Is Chrystia Freeland A Fraud Or A Nazi Sympathizer?
Freeland is supposedly a credible voice on Ukrainian history, and yet she has applauded the country’s Nazis on multiple occasions.

MPs Plead Ignorance After Applauding Nazi War Veteran
Canada’s federal parties are pleading ignorance and pointing fingers after MPs gave a standing ovation to a Waffen SS veteran.

The Maple Guide To Pierre Poilievre — Canada’s Next Prime Minister?
Most of Poilievre’s policies amount to a clever rebranding of decades-old right-wing orthodoxy.

‘Similar To Apartheid’ Most Popular Description Of Israel Among Canadians, Poll Shows
Just 11 per cent of Canadians believe Israel is a "vibrant democracy."

Soldiers Aren’t Victims, And They Deserve Contempt
There’s never an excuse to join the army, despite the justifications some so-called progressives try to make.

Trudeau Claims Canada ‘Defends Democracy.’ Here Are His Government’s Anti-Democratic Allies
The Trudeau government’s track record of publicly supporting anti-democratic forces runs counter to its rhetoric.