Canada

5 Minutes

Canada

Drug recriminalization puts “tough on crime” agenda ahead of public health, socio-economic justice

PV July 16, 2024

By Ashley Shapiro and Monica Shannon Decriminalization of drugs in British Columbia has been a contentious issue marked by significant shifts and recent legislative changes. As it existed from January […]...

5 Minutes

Canada

Transit Rider Summit strengthens and builds organizing efforts in Toronto, throughout Ontario

PV July 2, 2024

By Jane McKenzie TTCriders, Toronto’s grassroots and membership-based transit rider organization, held its first Transit Rider Summit in several years on June 16 at the Scarborough Civic Centre, a site […]...

2 Minutes

Canada World

Cold War foreign policy a boon for nuclear power corporations in Canada

PV June 28, 2024

By Leslie Misson Cameco is a Canadian corporation that supplies uranium-based fuel for nuclear power reactors. In 2008, yellowcake uranium taken by British and US forces during their 2003 invasion […]...

6 Minutes

Canada Labour

BC’s new protections for gig workers fall short

PV June 25, 2024

PV Vancouver Bureau On June 12, BC’s NDP government announced that it had finalized a new set of regulations for app-based employers in the province. These regulations are ostensibly meant […]...