Austerity

6 Minutes

Canada

Throne Speech leaves millions in the lurch

PV September 28, 2020

Patchwork too thin, too temporary for 4 million victims of capitalist crisis Recent changes to Employment Insurance, combined with the new Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) proposed by the government in […]...

3 Minutes

Canada

Privatization – the next big shoe to drop?

Editorial September 21, 2020

Until COVID-19 triggered the current economic crisis, the “great economic meltdown” of 2007-08 was the largest, most widespread and protracted capitalist crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In […]...

8 Minutes

Canada Podcast

Needed now: EI reform, work and wages

PV September 15, 2020

[buzzsprout episode=’5748790′ player=’true’] By Liz Rowley The Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament until September 23 is an effort to position the Liberals as defenders of the 7 million people […]...

5 Minutes

Canada Podcast

New Brunswick Tories grab for power in snap election call

PV August 24, 2020

[buzzsprout episode=’5303287′ player=’true’] By Caleb Thompson New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called a snap election for September 14, well in advance of the 2022 date established by the provincial […]...