Toronto Sun columnist Lorrie Goldstein suggested military force should be used to stop Indigenous protesters at 1492 Land Back Lane—where, for months, Six Nations members have occupied land stolen from them to block incursions by Foxgate Developments. ‘We would have called in the army years ago’ On Feb. 27, Goldstein argued that recurring disputes between […]

Between Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 the Windsor-Essex Trans Support Centre was the target of three fascist hate crimes. Starting with the drawing of swastikas, and racist and homophobic slurs, the attacks escalated to the throwing of a rusty brake motor through the centre’s window. Hate crimes have been on the rise across Ontario. Windsor, […]

In mid-February a fire tore through several tents in a Victoria homeless encampment. A week later, another fire broke out in a Winnipeg homeless encampment leaving one person dead. A day after that, a fire in a Toronto homeless encampment left another person dead.  Responses to these tragedies from politicians and city officials have been […]

A large commercial development on 22 hectares of provincially significant wetlands in Pickering, Ontario is expected to be approved after the provincial government loosened environmental protections last month. The proposed project is the construction of a warehouse by Triple Properties Inc. However, conservation authorities warn that the project will destroy a key part of the […]

The horrors COVID-19 wreaked on long-term care homes during the first wave are well known. Now faced with the second wave, a completely predictable massacre in long-term care homes is brought on by the willful negligence of long-term care capitalists who have put profits before our very lives.  Even with the first wave, months before […]

A favourite phrase of governments during the pandemic has been, “We’re all in this together.” Given the gross mishandling of the pandemic by governments, that platitude will no longer resonate as it did before.

As part of his New Year’s list, Doug Ford appointed former premier Mike Harris to the Order of Ontario. Workers are justifiably angry that Harris—remembered primarily for his vicious austerity program—is receiving the highest official honour in the province. While Harris is hardly the first reactionary politician to receive the designation, his appointment was a […]

So far nearly 10,000 Ryerson students and community members have signed a petition demanding the removal of the Egerton Ryerson statue from the Ryerson campus. In addition, an open letter written by Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson (CESAR) demanding the statue be removed has garnered 800 signatures by students, an endorsement from 20 organizations, […]

A wave of anti-eviction demonstrations have recently hit Toronto. They will only continue to gain momentum as the province faces an eviction blitz during the winter and second wave of COVID-19. On Saturday, Dec. 5, more than 150 tenants from across the city alongside community organizers rallied in front of the Metcap Living Management head […]

As the second wave drags on and Toronto and Peel have entered lockdown, everyone wants to know: how did we find ourselves in this situation? The right-wing politicians and the media have put the blame on individuals for socializing. In Brampton’s case, they are blaming racialized workers for the particularly bad outbreak there. However, the […]