Public assets are under relentless attack around the world. In Ontario, both the provincial hydro utility Hydro One and municipal utilities such as Toronto Hydro have been under threat of privatization for years.
The 2015 federal election made history in many ways. The resurrection of the Liberal Party from its disastrous showing of 2011 resulted in a sweep of every Atlantic seat and every Toronto seat.
Labour Council has been a consistent advocate for reforming the electoral system in Canada. For many years, we have formally supported moving to proportional representation at the federal and provincial level, and to allow landed immigrants to vote at the municipal/school board level.
Climate change threatens the future of all humankind. Extreme weather conditions, storms, flooding, landslides, droughts and ice melting are reported ever more regularly from many parts of the world.
Ontario’s public power utilities are now in greater peril than at any time since they were first established over 100 years ago.
The strike at Crown Holdings’ plant in Weston illustrates a major assault on Canadian workers by an American multinational corporation.
The killing of media workers at France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine has sparked a world- wide debate on extremist violence and the impact of discrimination in society.
The 2014 provincial election delivered a crushing defeat to the Ontario Conservatives, a surprising majority
Two years after Torontonians were shaken by the tragic shootings on Scarborough’s Danzig Street, the death of TDSB teacher and community activist Abshir Hassan reminds us all that gun violence is an on- going reality in our city.
Eighteen months ago Labour Council starting preparing for the provincial election. The passage of so‐called “Right to Work” legislation in Michigan sparked a realization that Conservative leader Tim Hudak’s plans to enact the same laws in Ontario was not just idle talk.
