Guest Commentary

The myriad assaults on the nation being implemented by Harper are really just the latest chapter in what has been a revolution of lowered expectations: a deliberate and systematic culture war on

What Kent did stand for, and speak out for, throughout his life, is the public interest. And the debate for the future is about creating a public space where the public interest can be debated, defined, and advanced.

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."

"The National Union is excited to be supporting and participating in such an important global feminist event," said ACWI chair Brenda Hildahl.

By Laura Penny

This reactionary and authoritarian attitude is pretty depressing when you recall that, a few short decades ago, Nova Scotians like Lisa Raitt’s dad fought long and hard for workers’ rights.

'To matter, Canada has to actually punch above its weight, not just say it does. The U.S. can just show up and be listened to. So can China. Canada has to do much more.'

Defeating a government doesn’t have to trigger an election
By Helen Forsey

The struggle to save the Canadian Wheat Board
By the Save My CWB Campaign

By Ethel Birkett LaValley

Public pension investments and public auto insurance could make a world of difference
By Tom Mann
New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees

By Tom Mann
New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees

By Tom Mann
New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees

By Michael Honey
History Professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma

The following is the text of Ian Angus’s keynote speech at 'Smells Like Green Spirit,' a conference sponsored by the University of British Columbia Student Environment Centre, on January 19, 2008.

No place for phony, defanged unions.  The right to strike is as important today as it was when it was won by workers in Oshawa 70 years ago.

By Ginette Petitpas-Taylor

When New Brunswick university students held a bake sale where sweets were offered at $1 apiece to men and 80 cents to women, the organizers were trying to upset people.