Recently, bosses and columnists in the capitalist media have been highly critical of the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB, previously the Canada Emergency Response Benefit or CERB). They say it costs too much and encourages people not to work. But while they complain about the crumbs given to unemployed workers to survive, capitalists have no qualms […]

In late May, B.C. lawyer Breen Ouellette came out with allegations of Indigenous girls being forced by social workers to receive intrauterine devices, or IUDs. According to Ouellette, children younger than 10 were not only made to get the procedure, but weren’t even given medical followup. This practice violates not only B.C. and Canadian law, […]

A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years of age, was discovered at the end of May on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada. The grisly discovery, the result of a search organized by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation using […]

2,400 Vale workers are on strike at the Sudbury nickel mine, after they voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract that would have cut key health benefits for new hires. Members of United Steelworkers Local 6500 at Vale—which took over Inco in 2006 and remains Sudbury’s largest employer—rejected the company’s offer by 70 per cent on […]

In recent weeks a series of protests have spread across Canada in defiance of lockdowns, masks, and other preventative measures in place to stop the spread of COVID-19. These demonstrations have provided an outlet for various fascists and conspiracists who have used the opportunity to claim that they are the defenders of freedom—at the same […]

After the devastating closure of all service to Western Canada in 2018, and the temporary closure of all operations in May 2020 in the wake of COVID-19, Greyhound Canada announced on May 13, 2021 that all Canadian routes were being closed down permanently. This stands out clearly as a failure of the capitalist system. A […]

The following document was discussed, amended, and passed by the comrades of Fightback/La Riposte socialiste at the recent national congress. It’s an important analysis of the class struggle in Canada and the way forward to socialism. We hope everyone will read it and discuss its contents with us. COVID-19 has exacerbated all of the contradictions […]

Alberta’s post-secondary institutions have been hit with back-to-back cuts by the UCP government. After the MacKinnon report was used to greenlight attacks on public education in 2019, operational funding for post-secondary was drastically cut partway through the academic year, followed by a 6.3 per cent cut in 2020, and a further 5.4 per cent cut […]

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberals have been caught red-handed time and time again bailing out the top corporations in Canada, while millions of workers struggle to get by with job losses and reductions in working hours and wages. To no one’s surprise, the oil and gas firms have been some of the biggest beneficiaries […]

On Wednesday, May 19, Skyler Williams, spokesperson for 1492 Land Back Lane, turned himself into police after 10 months with warrants hanging over his head by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The 37 year-old Haudonesonee land defender walked into the Haldimand County OPP station to be booked and was released after a short while. A […]