Canada

6 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Ford resurrects wind power in Ontario – big corporations, not workers, stand to benefit

PV September 9, 2024

By Leslie Misson Shortly coming to power in 2018, Ontario’s Conservative government headed by Doug Ford came cancelled more than 750 contracts for renewable energy projects, including many wind farms. […]...

4 Minutes

Canada World

Canada’s boycott of Nagasaki commemoration shows need for independent foreign policy of peace

PV September 5, 2024

By Garrett Halas August 9 marked the 79th year since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing roughly 80,000 people. Every year, Nagasaki officials invite representatives from different […]...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Ontario hospital wait times, “hallway healthcare” have increased since Ford Tories came to power: new report

PV September 4, 2024

PV staff A new report by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) says that Ontario’s hospital capacity crisis will worsen in the coming years as government funding is too […]...

3 Minutes

Canada Labour

Ottawa intervenes, but corporate panic shows rail workers have real power

PV August 26, 2024

By Dave McKee Some 9,300 rail workers at Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) are heading back to work following government intervention which has effectively denied their […]...