Ontario

4 Minutes

Canada

Ontario Tories gift corporations with nearly $1b in tax cuts – paid for by public sector wage restraint

PV November 27, 2020

The Ontario Tories have more than doubled the exemption from the Employer Health Tax (EHT) announced in the Ontario budget (and included in the budget bill), increasing it from $490,000 in payroll to $1...

6 Minutes

Canada

Second wave reveals Doug Ford’s true colours

PV October 30, 2020

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis, Doug Ford tried to rehabilitate his image and that of his government. Replacing the hard right figure – who had attacked broader...

4 Minutes

Canada

Toronto’s winter plan for homelessness falls too short to prevent deaths

PV October 22, 2020

By Alykhan Pabani I care deeply about my neighbours and try in earnest to support the struggles of those less privileged than me. When the pandemic hit, the nature of these struggles became even...

5 Minutes

Canada Labour

Teachers in Ontario: Back to school, back to struggle

PV September 14, 2020

With two million students and hundreds of thousands of education workers returning to schools across Ontario, the provincial government is still refusing to enact health measures that would limit the health risks of the...