Category: Our Society

Working people across Canada, and around the world grow increasingly restless and disturbed by news coming from the United States. Now in his second term, Donald Trump, and his billionaire-backers like Elon Musk, are engaged in a vicious attack on working people to further enrich billionaires and wealthy corporations. This includes $4,5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, and a $2 trillion cut in spending.

The Toronto & York Region Labour Council stands firmly in support of the Ontario Federation

At the end of election night – June 2nd, 2022 – the counting was over

The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is horrified and dismayed by another devastating and senseless racially-motivated act of hate.

In March 2022, the Ford government quietly scrapped equity hiring targets in arrangements for the $28.5 billion subway program (consisting of the Ontario Line, Yonge North Subway Extension, Scarborough Subway Extension, and Eglinton West LRT), undoing years of progress to bring women, people of colour, and Indigenous and Black residents into this well-paid workforce.

Two years after the last federal election, Prime Minister Trudeau has yet again dropped the writ and called for a snap federal election.

It has been a rough year for Ontario students, parents, teachers, and education workers. In the past 15 months, Ontario students have only been in school for approximately five months.

The Toronto & York Region Labour Council and its affiliates are still in shock and outrage over the most recent hate-motivated attack in London, Ontario this past Sunday, June 6th.