This vote represents a yearning for a  genuinely militant and democratic trade union leadership. 

Soaring youth unemployment is a warning sign of deeper economic troubles.

The NDP find themselves at loggerheads with a major affiliate union

Even before this crisis, living conditions were trending down. Now with the trade war and the loss of big brother America, the crisis of Canadian capitalism has become existential. 

“The fact that people came together for this strike just speaks volumes about how fed up everyone is. It’s given everyone a feeling of solidarity and optimism. Even though it’s unlikely that Air Canada will go down easy—or even give us a fair deal.”

The privileged position Canada once enjoyed on the world stage is under threat, and this will have profound implications for politics, the economy, and the class struggle.

The only way out of the crisis is a return to the traditions of May Day: class independence, militancy, and internationalism. 

Instability and crisis are on the horizon and we must be prepared to resist the coming attacks

When faced with a crumbling system, long wait times, labyrinthine bureaucracy, and burnt-out providers, it’s little wonder that workers will back any proposed alternative, with their health and lives on the line

The youth are angry at the system which has brought them nothing but misery and destitution. They are abandoning the status-quo Liberals in search of an answer to the doom looming over them.