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Canadian Postal Workers Battle to Save Door-to-Door Delivery
The surprise announcement hit us December 11: Canada Post plans to phase out door-to-door delivery and hike postage rates.
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From Canada, a New Gold Standard
Wagemark is recognizing companies for curbing excessive CEO pay, not soaring profits.
The Workers’ Scorecard on NAFTA
NAFTA has displaced jobs and people, weakened unions and ravaged US cities and rural Mexico. But worker solidarity may be its most important product.
Canadian Government Bent on Expanding Weapon Sales Globally
Yves Engler: The Harper administration is propping up its domestic arms industry without regard to the consequences of weapons sales to countries like Colombia and Saudi Arabia.
Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL
Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?
Canada’s Top Spy Watchdog Lobbies on Behalf of Northern Pipeline
Despite popular resistance to resource extraction, Harper administration continues to push for pipeline deal.
Canada’s Lubicon Lake Nation Continue Anti-Fracking Campaign, Appeal Court Injunction
Members of Lubicon Lake Nation are fighting a pro-fracking injunction granted in favor of Penn West Petroleum.
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To Win Tomorrow, “Undoing Border Imperialism” Is the Book We Need Now
In “Undoing Border Imperialism,” author and organizer Harsha Walia gives us cutting-edge analysis of the Canadian immigrant-rights movement No One Is Illegal.
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Dirtiest Oil: Why In Situ Bitumen Extraction Is Dangerous for Canada, the World
The Primrose leak contamination of the lands of the Beaver Lake Cree and Cold Lake First Nations demonstrates the dangers of in situ bitumen extraction and Canada's abusive energy …
Canadian Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Human Rights of Sex Workers
A landmark decision, Bedford v. Canada, passed at the Canadian Supreme Court on Friday, struck down all three antiprostitution laws in the Canadian federal criminal code and recognized sex …