Corporate profiteering

3 Minutes

Canada Labour World

What’s behind Trump’s tariff threat?

PV December 5, 2024

By Dave McKee It sure didn’t take long for Hurricane Trump to make landfall. Less than a month after the US election, the President-elect announced his intention to impose 25-percent tariffs on all products...

2 Minutes

Climate and environment World

Corporate domination ensures that COP16 ends without necessary agreements to preserve planet’s biodiversity

PV November 28, 2024

By Alonso David Ojeda The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the international conventions signed by member states of the United Nations, which examines the implementation of conventions on climate...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment Labour

Green steal: Algoma uses $420 million in public “green” funding to axe jobs

PV September 11, 2024

By Dave McKee In November 2021, Algoma Steel announced that it would replace the coke (coal) burning blast furnace at its facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with new electric arc furnaces. The upgrade,...

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. In 2019, the premier...