September 15, 2022

6 Minutes

Canada

Ontario budget numbers point to deep health and program cuts

PV September 15, 2022

By Doug Allan The Ford government has re-released its spring Budget with a new first quarter fiscal and economic update. Unfortunately, the increases in planned spending compared to the spring Budget are so insignificant...

3 Minutes

Labour

BCGEU reaches tentative deal with Horgan NDP

PV September 15, 2022

Public support high for union but fragile for government PV Vancouver Bureau After nearly two weeks of limited but highly effective strikes, the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) had reached a tentative three-year agreement...

3 Minutes

Canada

Chaotic municipal race looms in Vancouver

PV September 15, 2022

PV Vancouver Bureau Municipal elections take place on October 15 across British Columbia for city councils, school districts and in Vancouver for Park Board. In some cases, including Burnaby and Port Coquitlam, mayors were...

6 Minutes

Canada Labour

Inflation: capital’s war on working people

PV September 15, 2022

By Elizabeth Rowley The first thing to know about inflation is that it’s caused by corporate greed. Corporations have made off like bandits during the pandemic and the global capitalist economic crisis that accompanied...