After a five-day strike that began on April 26, the Trudeau government deprived the dockers of CUPE 375 of their right to strike through passing back-to-work legislation. The union executive chose not to defy the law and agreed to return to work on Sunday, May 2. Even if the dispute is not settled, this government […]

Conventional wisdom tells us that Canadian federalists and Québécois nationalists are like cats and dogs. Yet when it comes to taking away workers’ right to strike, politicians and opinion-makers in both camps get along like old friends. For several weeks, as the threat of a strike at the Port of Montreal loomed on the horizon, […]

The mobilization of the dockers at the Port of Montreal is reaching a critical point. With the strike only beginning, the Trudeau Liberals, with the full support of the CAQ at the provincial level, are moving to take away the democratic right to strike. We cannot let another strike be crushed through the use of […]

The Ontario population is reacting with extreme anger due to the government’s failure to take necessary action to stop the third wave. This sentiment is felt in province after province. Everybody knows that essential workplaces populated by poor and racialized workers are the main location of spread – everybody except the government that is. Instead […]

On the night of Sunday, April 11, several hundred people demonstrated in Montreal against the 8 p.m. curfew. The next day, a second, smaller demonstration took place at the same location. The same evening, in the Hochelaga neighborhood of Montreal, clanking of pans could be heard from 8 p.m. onward. On the following Tuesday night, […]

Five women have been murdered so far this year in Québec in cases of domestic violence. Femicide—the killing of women for the simple fact of being women—is the most atrocious expression of the continued oppression of women today. The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on women has exacerbated this oppression. Lockdown measures and unemployment have […]

Quebec premier, François Legault’s latest threat to intervene in universities to “protect our freedom of expression” reeks of hypocrisy. In reality, it will serve as a pretext for rightwing ideas to be more prevalent on campuses, while restricting the ability to criticize them.

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing an already ailing public health system to the brink. Meanwhile, capitalists are taking advantage of the situation to enrich themselves. It is high time to expropriate these private health-care parasites. The health-care system is reaching the breaking point While the peak of the second wave seems to have passed, the […]

On Saturday Jan. 9, in an unprecedented move since the beginning of the pandemic, a curfew was imposed in Quebec. Quebec premier François Legault presented this measure as “shock treatment” to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, this curfew is just the most recent in the long line of measures aimed against individuals while leaving […]

On Nov. 12, Montreal’s “progressive” mayor, Valérie Plante, revealed the city’s 2021 budget which includes plans to increase police spending by $14 million. Since Plante entertained the notion of defunding the police over the summer, many who fought against police brutality over the last few months now feel disappointed and betrayed. How did this come […]