Canada

3 Minutes

Canada

Defend and expand anti-racism programs

PV August 31, 2023

PV Editorial Racism – and specifically white supremacy – is deeply institutionalized in capitalist society. In fact, while bigotry and “otherness” have existed for millennia, the whole notion of “race” – that skin colour...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment Indigenous peoples

Capitalism makes wildfires more destructive

PV August 31, 2023

By D.G. Summer in the western provinces of Canada is now synonymous with wildfire. As the climate crisis continues, the people of British Columbia and Alberta are now forced to reckon with Ottawa’s inaction...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

With the province on fire, BC’s NDP government must change course now!

PV August 31, 2023

Yet again this summer, wildfires are ravaging Canada, dramatic new proof of climate change directly related to human economic activity – carbon emissions in particular. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that climate...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

CLC and CSN conventions beg question: What’s on the horizon for labour?

PV August 28, 2023

By Adrien Welsh May was an important month for the labour movement in Canada and Quebec. From May 8 to 12, some 2,500 delegates gathered in Montreal for the Canadian Labour Congress convention. The...