Block Bill 39 – Tories sweep aside local democracy for profiteering developers
The Ontario government’s recently tabled Bill 39, The Better Municipal Government Act is a sweeping attack on local democracy in the direct service of private corporate developers. It is a cynical use of the housing crisis to
Stop Ford’s strikebreaking law!
The Ford government’s new strikebreaking legislation aimed at education workers is an unprecedented assault on workers’ living standards and labour rights. The government is attempting to use brute force to crush the lowest paid education workers as part of their broader corporate agenda to drive down all workers’ wages in order to facilitate privatization and corporate profits. The broadest solidarity and escalating action is needed now to defeat this attack.
Municipal Elections 2022: People & Planet Before Profit
The Communist Party in Ontario is fighting for the following policies during the municipal elections taking place on October 24th. A New Financial Deal for Cities Update the inadequate property tax system: Remove education from
“Strong Mayor” bill – a cynical power grab
Under the guise of “efficiency” and the need “to build homes faster”, Doug Ford has introduced a bill that would significantly transform the role of Toronto and Ottawa’s Mayors.
Ford’s corporate agenda can be defeated in the streets
The re-election of the Ford government is an immediate call to action for labour and people’s movements. The Conservatives will no doubt continue their attacks on living standards, health, education and the environment, but the
Political Report of the Toronto Convention
On April 2nd, comrades in Toronto met for our first political convention of the 21st century, to reorganize our political work in Toronto amidst a severe economic crisis, the ravages of the global pandemic, related environmental carnage and heightened imperialist warmongering.