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Violent Camp Evictions and the Affordable Housing Crisis – Two Sides of the Same Coin
Violent Camp Evictions and the Affordable Housing Crisis – Two Sides of the Same Coin
Since the summer of 2021, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Police Services have violently removed encampment residents from city park spaces. The result of those militarized evictions has left many of those encampment residents, and their supporters, jailed, injured, and traumatized – and has ...
Read More Oct 7, 2021
One Year of Covid
One Year of Covid
March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of COVID19 lockdowns in Canada, when governments declared a sudden shutdown of schools, businesses and workplaces, and we all suddenly faced this reality of essential work, social distancing and virtual meetings. It is important to acknowledge and learn f...
Read More Mar 4, 2021
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
2018 Municipal Election Outcomes
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council welcomes the election of progressive voices across Toronto and York Region Councils and School Boards on October 22nd. Despite the unprecedented interference in the Toronto elections by the Ford government, voters chose to elect many candidates who are...
Read More Nov 6, 2020
A Roof Over Our Head
A Roof Over Our Head
We were already in a housing crisis when COVID exposed and increased the vulnerability of those without access to affordable housing, the dangers of under-housing, and the cruelty of homelessness. Disgracefully, it is people on the margins and intersections of society who are most negatively affe...
Read More Nov 6, 2020
#SafeSeptember
#SafeSeptember
Ontarians are united in our anxiety about the return to school in a year like no other. Despite hopes for a safe September, many parents and education workers expect a second COVID-19 wave this fall, particularly because provincial plans for return to school are so haphazard and inadequate. Recal...
Read More Sep 4, 2020
Cities Need Help
Cities Need Help
The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been overwhelming. Governments across the world have dedicated billions of dollars to stabilize the economy, while municipalities and their public health units have stepped up like never before to manage the pandemic. Our front line workers, partic...
Read More Jun 5, 2020
21st Century Learning
21st Century Learning
The Ontario government funds its public education system to the tune of approximately $24 billion annually. Despite rising inflation and practices requiring greater accountability between school boards and the provincial government, allotted funding has remained substantially unchanged for two de...
Read More Apr 6, 2018
Action Plan for the 2018 Municipal Election
Action Plan for the 2018 Municipal Election
Each election cycle, Labour Council works to support the election of progressive candidates for city councils and school boards across Toronto and York Region. Toronto City Hall races have had the highest profile. Since 2010 over half the Council seats have turned over. In 2014 of the44 Councillo...
Read More Nov 3, 2017
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