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Party Leaders Slam Trudeau's Early Election Call And Climate Record As O’Toole Dodges Questions About Private Healthcare During Debate
Last night, federal party leaders Justin Trudeau (Liberal), Erin O’Toole (Conservative), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Francois Blanchet (Bloc) and Annamie Paul (Green) took part in the second French language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Quebec.
Haldimand-Norfolk Has Put Profit Over Workers And Public Health
The municipality’s hiring of Matt Strauss as acting medical officer of health is a dangerous concession to farm owners.
Remembering Canadian Media’s Post-9/11 Bloodlust
The media was responsible for helping create an environment where people begged for war, racist laws and attacks on civil liberties.
Justin Trudeau Condemns ‘Anti-Vaxxer Mob’ As Observers Question Why Far-Right Crowd Was Allowed To Get Close To Prime Minister
Politicians and observers have continued to comment on Monday’s incident in which Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau and two others were hit by gravel thrown by a crowd of far-right, anti-vaccine demonstrators.
Gig-Worker Organizer Reflects On Victories, Calls For Commitments From Federal Parties To Protect Employment Rights
“The gig economy is coming for everybody's jobs. Changing the labour laws in Canada to match what an international corporation wants is not in favour of working-class people, and it will not only apply to gig workers.”
Here’s All The Ways Workers Have Been Hurt Since Last Labour Day
Another year, another Labour Day under the machinery of capitalism that grinds up workers’ happiness for profit and pleasure.
Alone In The Dome: Disabled People, Many Poor, Struggled to Survive B.C.’s Fatal Heat Wave
“We don’t have this kind of weather normally in Vancouver, but climate change is happening …(those who died) weren’t even that old.”
Doug Ford Is Too Late Again, Putting Us All At Risk
Ford is good at avoiding doing what’s needed until the last possible moment, and then blaming others for the delay.
Union Wins At Indigo Stores Could Be The Start Of Something Big
Could new organizing victories at Chapters Indigo represent a union breakthrough in retail?