Justin Trudeau

5 Minutes

Canada

Freeland resignation just more proof that capitalist policies fail working people

PV December 17, 2024

By Dave McKee Christie Freeland’s bombshell resignation from cabinet on December 16 arrived at an auspicious moment for the federal government, the first weekday after Justin Trudeau’s HST holiday came into effect. The timing...

5 Minutes

Canada

Liberals’ cynical inflation relief plan completely inadequate

PV September 28, 2022

By Dave McKee “Beer and popcorn money.” That’s how the Liberals described the childcare plan introduced by Stephen Harper’s newly elected Conservatives in 2006. Right after their swearing in, the Tories scrapped the $5...

3 Minutes

Editorial Labour

Liberal-NDP deal good for workers? Not without a workers’ fight!

PV Editor March 24, 2022

The Liberals and NDP have announced a “supply-and-confidence” agreement that will see the two parties work together on seven policy areas and avoid a federal election until 2025. But is it good deal for...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment Editorial

We need a working class climate plan, not capitalist greenwashing

Editorial February 17, 2021

“They took all the trees / And put them in a tree museum / Then they charged the people / A dollar and a half just to see ’em” So wrote Joni Mitchell in...