On Sept. 1 Brian Pallister, Progressive Conservative (PC) premier of Manitoba, stepped down in favour of deputy premier Kelvin Goertzen. Pallister’s time in office was characterized most notably by his incomptetent handling of the pandemic. During the  announcement of his resignation, Pallister described his government as one that was run with “real integrity and scandal-free”. […]

Jason Kenney is bitterly hated. He has the lowest approval rating among all Canadian premiers. When Kenney took office in June 2019, his approval was at 61 per cent. Now his approval rating stands at a paltry 31 per cent. After numerous scandals, budget cuts, and handouts to large corporations, it’s no surprise that millions […]

Workers at Amazon’s Nisku, Alberta “Fulfillment Centre” filed for a union vote last week—in the face of repeated COVID-19 outbreaks, grueling speed-ups and abuse by management.  On Sept. 14, Teamsters Local 362 announced it had enough support, based on the cards it had signed, to secure a union vote at the Alberta facility.  Like at […]

The United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) has lost all authority to govern. It is actively complicit in the deaths of thousands of Albertans. To end this chaos, it is vital to bring down the UCP government. Throughout the entire pandemic, Jason Kenney and the UCP have bumbled from wave to wave, refusing to anticipate […]

After four to five years without contracts, Manitoba health-care support staff have voted for strike action. With 97% on favour, the workers are ready to fight. If the Manitoba PCs will not provide their health-care support staff with more than words of praise, the workers should strike to win it.  These workers work for Shared […]

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has informed the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) that it is invoking the emergency measures clause in their collective agreement to address staffing shortages. These emergency measures allow the AHS to force nurses to work mandatory overtime, impose longer working days, cancel vacations, and direct nurses to other hospitals to cover […]

On July 28, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Dr. Deena Hinshaw and the UCP government announced a massive reduction in COVID-19 protocols. As of Aug. 5, close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases will not be notified by contract tracers and will not be required to quarantine.  This is only the tip of the […]

Nothing says “Thank you health care heroes!” like a wage cut. After 16 months of fighting a global pandemic, Alberta nurses are faced with a proposed three per cent wage roll back in an effort to “get the province’s finances back on track” according to United Conservative Party (UCP) Finance Minister Travis Toews. Combined with […]

The UCP, in their quest to make the working class pay for the crisis, are even prepared to wreak havoc on public health care. Alberta’s doctors are threatening to leave the province en masse in the wake of a long-running dispute with the UCP government. Many began to warn that they were considering leaving due […]

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 […]