The Canadian government is giving Volkswagen Canada (VW) $13 billion to build a massive new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. This is being hailed as a
///Canada, Economy, Environment
Tim Heffernan || Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
In December 2018, BC taxi driver Manoj Bhangu was physically assaulted at a workplace Christmas party by two of his co-workers when a business dispute got out of control. In
///Anti-Racism, Canada
Chris Fofonoff || Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
Clarity and purpose in a world of turmoil Socialist Alternative Canada (SA) recently held its 4th National Conference, which was a resounding success. Members from across the country attended as
On Wednesday, April 19, over 100,000 workers started their strike with pickets at least 250 workplaces. On Friday, April 7, 35,000 workers at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) voted in
Violence against women is a larger and more pervasive issue than most people think. It is an undeclared epidemic. Days ago, news broke about an alleged serial killer who preyed
///Canada, Socialist Feminism
Leslie Kemp || Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
For a few hours, on 6 and 7 November, Ontario’s unions were heading for a general strike. Then the conservative Premier, Doug Ford, backed down and the planned strike was
///Canada, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
Tim Heffernan and Bill Hopwood || Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
Within a few weeks, Haiti’s president was assassinated and the country was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that killed over 2,000 people, followed two days later by Hurricane Grace. The
///Canada, Haiti
Ray Goerke || Article first published by Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
The third COVID wave is crashing over most of Canada, and much of the rest of the world. Governments are blaming new variants of the virus, but the problem lies
///Canada
Bill Hopwood || Socialist Alternative — ISA in Canada
Canada has a minority government and faces political instability. Trudeau will be Prime Minister, but has to negotiate with other parties to govern. The leaders of the two major parties,
Millions of Canadians are wondering who to vote for in the federal election. Many will decide by going for the least bad option. This is in sharp contrast to four
The General Strike came out of the horrors of World War I. Four years of slaughter in Europe, with 61,000 Canadian deaths and a further 170,000 injured, and suffering at
///Canada, History
Aiden Sisler, Pete Marlowe, Bill Hopwood || Socialist Alternative (CWI in Canada)
