"It’s tempting to try and parse the language of trade law and the specific details by sector, but the new tariffs are just Trump being Trump, using existing law in novel ways to expand the executive powers of the president."

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives@policyalternatives.ca · last mo.

Understanding the latest Trump trade war play by @marclee.bsky.social: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"Following Mulroney’s deregulation, the government withdrew from the rail industry. CN was privatized in 1995, and a 2001 regulation allowed companies to manage their own safety. Since then, track inspections have become increasingly rare."

L’Étoile du Nord • La perspective du peuple [Unofficial]@etoiledunord.media.web.brid.gy · last mo.

📣💥We’re launching a new campaign! Join us in pressuring the House of Commons to conduct an inquiry to cast a spotlight on Premier Smith’s callous anti-trans policies, and uplift the voices of trans youth and families. Visit queermomentum.ca/inquiry to join the movement.

Human Rights Inquiry

Call for an inquiry into violations of trans people's human rights in Alberta

queermomentum.ca

Corporate Greenwash: The Carbon Footprint Scam Focusing on working people’s consumption diverts attention from the real climate criminals climateandcapitalism.com/2026/07/28/t...

The Carbon Footprint Scam | Climate & Capitalism

Focusing on working people’s consumption diverts attention from the real climate criminals

climateandcapitalism.com

Claudia Sheinbaum's government is using public power to build homes, operate affordable rentals, and renegotiate unpayable mortgages. Canada continues to subsidize developers and hope the market fixes a crisis it created. Mexico is showing that another path is possible.

Mexico is solving its housing crisis. Why aren’t we?

The parallel housing journeys Mexico and Canada have been on since the 1990s are now diverging. Claudia Sheinbaum’s government has shown that another path is possible. Canada’s misguided strategies, b...

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"Capitalism has never exploited a generic labour force in the abstract. It has always organized labour through difference. Colonialism, slavery, immigration regimes, citizenship hierarchies and racial segmentation are not side stories to its development; they are among its principal mechanisms."

Midnight Sun Magazine@midnightsunmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: Richard Roys on breaking down persistent false oppositions between anti-racism and class politics in Quebec, France, and beyond. www.midnightsunmag.ca/class-domina...

“This is the time where we need to strengthen Canada’s sovereignty, not weaken it by forcing Canadians to rely more on international corporations to receive vital goods.”

Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Why are Canadian media reporting on Canada Post as if they've all been given a script to follow? Journalists are interfering with the union's contract ratification vote by parroting Canada Post management's talking points and telling Canadians that it isn't viable.

The @policyalternatives.ca is presenting the first annual Tony Clarke Lecture on March 5 in Ottawa, and I'm very excited to be giving it. Grab your (free) tickets here. Featuring the wonderful Adrian Harewood too! www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebratin...

Celebrating Tony Clarke's legacy

Break-glass moments and not-so-silent coups: The CCPA’s inaugural Tony Clarke Lecture

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"The study is clear: decriminalization needs to work in tandem with other policies, which the government didn’t implement. Any plan must include targeted investments in housing, safer supply, and improved access to treatment."

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 7mo ago

B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted. Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops. @desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...

"C’est cette différence dans le tissu industriel qui explique les écarts de productivité entre le Québec et l’Ontario et non pas les travailleurs et les travailleuses en soi."

Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques@iris-recherche.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Article | Nous poursuivons aujourd'hui notre série d'articles sur le syndicalisme. Simon Tremblay-Pepin se demande si les syndicats nuisent à la productivité du Québec. Réponse courte: non.

"Les expert·es en opinion déplorent le manque de civilité de Magali Picard tout en passant sous silence la violence du projet de loi 3."

Pivot@pivot.quebec · 9mo ago

Excusez mon français, mais illes peuvent bien manger de la marde. Le respect, ça va dans les deux sens. » La chronique de @judithlefebvre.bsky.social 👇

Green: Municipalities have been downloaded with tax cuts. Material conditions in cities will worsen. Property taxes will be hiked to backstop deferred investments in local infrastructure and social services, and the astronomical costs of policing. It's a reaction to the failures of our governments.

Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New Sandy and Nora episode! This is a special one -- a live conversation between @sandela.bsky.social, @syrusmarcusware.bsky.social and @matthewgreen.bsky.social. sandyandnora.com/episode-351-...

«Des associations pour la défense des droits, des organismes communautaires, des syndicats appellent la population à faire front pour dénoncer les politiques de la CAQ, qui démantèlent l’édifice de nos services publics et de nos droits sociaux et politiques.» www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

L’hiver sera chaud, car la CAQ a déclaré la guerre à la société civile

Des droits que nous pensions acquis au Québec sont mis à mal par des décisions politiques.

ledevoir.com

Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social. Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm. Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb

Imagine thinking this is secularism. 🤦‍♀️ www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

As some of you know, I'm working on a project looking at anti-gender/anti-trans politics and its impacts on SOGI asylum/refugee policymaking in Canada and the UK. I'm looking for interviewees to discuss their experiences as legal professionals, community supporters, and NGO workers. Please share!

"'We feel proud,' the spokesperson said. The feeling across the union is one of hope, and joy. She explained that across all of @cupescfp.bsky.social, their goal is to bring back power to unions, and to stand for their charter rights." From @therovermedia.bsky.social: therover.ca/strike-ends-...

Strike 'Ends Unpaid Work' As Union Reaches Deal With Air Canada – The Rover

Low wages and unpaid labour led to flight attendants using food banks, sleeping in cars.

therover.ca

"you taught the world about freedom and it's time for us to return the favor" hot damn

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · last yr.

Mamdani turned up at BAYO at Barclay Center yesterday and said he was going to fight to get Haiti off the travel ban and he said Haiti correctly

The piece takes a more nuanced position than this post makes it seem, but I have to say, we’ve known the solution to better, more affordable telecom service for over a century: it’s through public ownership and delivery.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · last yr.

From flights to cell phone bills, Canadians get a raw deal. This is why — and how Mark Carney can fix it A Friday #opinion from @justinling.ca

little known fact: the Q in LGBTQ stands for Québec, where being gay was invented happy pride tabarnac

L’IRIS fête 25 ans de recherche engagée! Pour l’occasion, nous lançons une grande campagne de financement. Votre soutien est essentiel à la poursuite de notre mission! Pour faire un don -> bit.ly/25ansIRIS

Wild that no one seems to remember that women are over represented in public service and therefore are over represented in the cohort of people with the most to lose when the boss is a dickwad.

It takes very little time to realize that "Trade Barrier" is a euphamism for "public service" or "democratic expression of a way of doing things." If we just put Loblaw in charge, there'd be no barriers to moving food across Canada!

Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · last yr.

I can't wait to see how long it takes Canadians to realize that there is very little gold in the hills of "Interprovincial Trade."

ANALYSE | 📈 Une grande partie de la population ne gagne pas assez pour atteindre le revenu viable. #polmtl #polqc #economie Un article de Francis Hébert-Bernier, pour Pivot 👇 pivot.quebec/2025/04...

Travailler à temps plein ne suffit pas à vivre dignement – Pivot

Une grande partie de la population ne gagne pas assez pour atteindre le revenu viable.

pivot.quebec

J'ai passé la journée d'hier à décortiquer le budget du Québec avec @fhbernier.bsky.social. Pourquoi parle-t-on d'austérité alors qu'il y a un déficit? Quels (minimes) efforts le gouv. fait-il pour dégager des nouveaux fonds? Quels (maigres) fonds vont au logement et à l'environnement? 🧵 #polqc

Pivot@pivot.quebec · last yr.

NOUVELLE |💰 Malgré un déficit, le budget du Québec est jugé austère par plusieurs observateurs. L'article de Francis Hébert-Bernier et Claire Ross est disponible 👇 pivot.quebec/2025/03...

Happening tomorrow at 12 pm ET! @policyalternatives.ca's Ask Us Anything webinar: What do Trump tariffs mean for Canada’s economy? What kind of supports will exist for people who lose their job—is EI up to the task? Our panel of experts will be there! Register here ➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

An all Q&A webinar! Join in with your questions about the election, Trump, trade, tariffs, jobs…. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

CCPA non-partisan, independent policy experts will answer your questions about interprovincial trade barrier myths, jobs, getting social supports on the policy agenda and more!

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Roundup of pieces mostly about how to tackle the trade war from the left with progressive policies that centre workers and the environment.

Great long pieces from... the last three weeks

This covers the period from February 23 to March 15

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NEW: free trade is dead, the current agreement with 🇺🇸 is worthless, and it’s time to imagine a very different future, economists tell @taylornoakes.bsky.social 👇 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...

Time To Think Beyond ‘Worthless’ Free Trade Agreements: Economists

“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?”

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Empêcher les travailleurs et travailleuses de faire la grève : voilà la nouvelle idée scandaleuse du gouvernement de la CAQ. Les solidaires s’opposeront à cette attaque contre les droits des travailleurs et travailleuses. #PolQC

"But there are costs—and they will be borne by workers, the public, and the environment while any economic gains from deregulation will flow directly into the pockets of corporate giants, both Canadian and American."

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 2y ago

We keep being told that scrapping "interprovincial trade barriers" is the answer to Trump's threats. But the barriers are so few you can list them on a paper napkin, writes trade expert Stuart Trew. This isn't about trade—it's about deregulation. breachmedia.ca/freakout-abo...