
Indigenous and Workers of Colour Conference 2025
A New Era for the Working Class: Being BIPOC in these Damn Historic Times

A New Era for the Working Class: Being BIPOC in these Damn Historic Times

In April, we elected a Liberal corporate banker as Prime Minister. In February, we re-elected a Conservative multi-millionaire business owner as Premier. Both election outcomes were largely motivated by concerns about Donald Trump.

Our May Delegates’ Meeting is taking place on Thursday, May 1, 2025. This meeting will be in person at IBEW Local 353, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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The two parties leading the race, the Liberals and the Conservatives, are both advancing agendas which focus on the needs of businesses first to address the crisis, while only offering bread crumbs to working people. In order to prevent a recession and save jobs, swift action must be taken to protect Canadian industries, but actions which lead to intensifying austerity will only protect profits, not workers.

In memory of those who have lost their lives, been injured or made sick in

Our March Delegates’ Meeting is taking place on Thursday, April 3, 2025. This meeting will be in person at IBEW Local 353, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Just across the border, a vicious attack is underway against women’s rights, undocumented workers, programs of equity and inclusion and the public sector. Trump and his imitators in Canada like Doug Ford and Pierre Poilievre are bringing that attack here.

Our March Delegates’ Meeting is taking place on Thursday, March 6th, 2025.

As Vice President of the largest teachers’ union in Canada, I have the privilege of speaking with educators every day. I visit their classrooms, walk through their schools, and hear first-hand about their struggles and frustrations. But I also hear something else—skepticism.