Editorial

2 Minutes

Labour

Labour shut Canada down once before – time to do it again!

Editorial October 7, 2021

October 14 marks the 45th anniversary of the largest labour protest in this country’s history. On that day in 1976, one million workers put down their tools and walked out in protest in communities...

3 Minutes

Canada

Big Business Bashing? Bring it on!

Editorial September 19, 2021

At the end of August, executives at Canada’s five biggest banks moaned publicly that the federal election had become “an attack on big business.” They pointed to Justin Trudeau’s pledge to introduce a 3...

3 Minutes

Labour

Time for labour’s shot across the bow

Editorial September 6, 2021

This year, Labour Day marks the thirtieth anniversary of the largest single union strike in Canada’s history – the walkout by 115,000 federal public service workers, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada...

3 Minutes

Women and Gender

Pay equity – still half a trillion dollars away

Editorial July 29, 2021

Editorial At the end of August – three years after it was passed in 2018 – Canada’s federal pay equity law comes into force for workers in federally regulated industries. It’s a milestone that...