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Big business is the most important barrier to fairness for fossil fuel workers

Downsizing, consolidation, "efficiency measures" and automation have consistently shown oil and gas companies to be a bigger threat to oil workers than government policies.

Quebec is cutting arts funding. Artists are fighting back.

Culture workers are organizing to bring arts funding back into the provincial budget

L’Ontario a perdu 5 000 enseignants depuis 2018

Combien d’employés votre conseil scolaire a-t-il perdu ces dernières années?

Sarah Jama is fighting for more than just the keffiyeh

The Ontario legislature’s expulsion of Jama exposes the limits of liberal inclusion—it’s about the struggle against settler colonialism, in Canada and in Palestine

Penicillin the right prescription for Canada in pandemic agreement negotiations

Instead of undermining technology transfer provisions, Canada once played a key role in disseminating breakthrough medical technology

Ontario has lost 5,000 classroom educators since 2018

How many staff has your school board lost in the past few years?

Ecuadorians reject corporate courts in national referendums

Canada must heed opposition to investor-state dispute settlement and rethink trade deal with Ecuador

Are we spending enough on climate?

Shift Storm newsletter—March 2024 edition

Genetically modified corn trade fight heats up in Mexico

Much-watched CUSMA case raises public morals and environmental justifications for Mexican food measures—and first-of-its-kind Indigenous Peoples’ defence

Budget 2024: Has the government seen the light?

Canada’s latest federal budget has some real gains in it—and some really frustrating half-measures

Will the capital gains tax change affect you? Only if you’re part of Canada’s 0.13 per cent.

The business lobby is spinning the tax increase as a middle class issue. It’s not.

Budget 2024 pushes new climate action down the road

It is too soon for the federal government to rest on its climate laurels.

Federal government goes big on housing—is it enough?

2024 federal budget makes biggest investments in housing, care economy in generations with its second-to-last budget before an election

Fiscal folly in Ontario: New report reveals a cheapskate province

Financial Accountability Office paper is essential reading for every Ontarian