December 11, 2024

11 Minutes

Canada Labour

Workers, bosses, the right to strike and the “public interest”

PV December 11, 2024

A number of recent high-profile labour disputes have seen rapid government intervention to curtail workers’ right to strike. Such was the case for workers at CN, CPKC Rail, and the ports in Montreal and...

4 Minutes

Canada Culture

Ted Allan, the missing man of Canadian literature

PV December 11, 2024

By Normand Raymond Writer, playwright, actor and author of countless screenplays, Ted Allan was born Alan Herman in Montreal on January 26, 1916. The son of Jewish immigrant parents during the Great Depression, he...