CAWLS annual conference call for proposals - Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Jun 2-4, 2027 cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
On July 1st, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is supposed to begin its first review phase. It's important to send a message to the Government of Canada based on the principles outlined here. Send the letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema... #canlab #cdnpoli #cusma
Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
theconversation.com
Two weeks from today! Ezekiel Kereri of the Tanzania Trade an Investment Coalition joins the Trade Justice Network's first webinar to discuss how trade and investment deals are shaping Tanzania and the East African Community Register here: mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #canlab
Don't miss our first webinar on July 9th! Ezekiel Kereri of Tanzania Trade and Investment Coalition joins the Trade Justice Network's first webinar to discuss how trade and investment deals are shaping Tanzania and the East African Community #canlab Register here: mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
My latest! Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home theconversation.com/canada-backs... #canlab
Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
theconversation.com
My latest at @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/carn... #cdnpoli #canlab
Mark Carney’s Trickle-Down Nation-Building
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touts a new era of industrial policy and state-led development. But instead of rebuilding public capacity, he is turning the state into a guarantor of private capit...
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My latest at @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/carn... #cdnpoli #canlab
Mark Carney’s Trickle-Down Nation-Building
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touts a new era of industrial policy and state-led development. But instead of rebuilding public capacity, he is turning the state into a guarantor of private capit...
jacobin.com
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell the CLC to stop blocking debate on Hot Cargo. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... #canlab
Tell the CLC to stop blocking debate on Hot Cargo
It’s time for unions and labour bodies to launch an international picket line against Israel, declaring all collaboration with Israel to be Hot Cargo, taking away Israel’s social license, and laying t...
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Was great to join Burt Cohen of Keeping Democracy Alive to talk about @avilewis.ca and the future of the @ndp.ca and Canadian politics. #cdnpoli #canlab keepingdemocracyalive.com/theres-a-new...
There's a New Left Rising In Canada - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Thanks in large measure to Donald Trump, there’s space opening up on the left. Far from becoming a 51st state, the Canadian New Democratic Party has chosen a new leader, and support for Avi Lewis is g...
keepingdemocracyalive.com
Was great to join Burt Cohen of Keeping Democracy Alive to talk about @avilewis.ca and the future of the @ndp.ca and Canadian politics. #cdnpoli #canlab keepingdemocracyalive.com/theres-a-new...
There's a New Left Rising In Canada - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Thanks in large measure to Donald Trump, there’s space opening up on the left. Far from becoming a 51st state, the Canadian New Democratic Party has chosen a new leader, and support for Avi Lewis is g...
keepingdemocracyalive.com
Politico is reporting the Carney government will table a bill to implement the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The deal is lacking on human rights, labour rights and environmental protection #cdnpoli #canlab www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need - CCPA
As the Trumpocalypse lays waste to what was left of the rules-based international trading order, countries are under pressure to diversify their trade relationships. In that sense alone, the Canada-In...
policyalternatives.ca
Read TJN Coordinator @gerardditrolio.bsky.social on the Canada-UAE deal and its serious problems jacobin.com/2025/12/cana... #canlab #cdnpoli
Canada’s “Diversification” Trade Deal Is a Gift to Autocrats
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is touting a trade deal with the UAE. Behind the talk of investment and partnership lies a trade agenda that weakens rights protections, boosts natural gas, and rei...
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Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law
Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law
The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.
theconversation.com
The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers
The focus on manufacturing in the federal election misses what could truly help Canadian workers
Canada’s new working class is more likely to be personified by a retail clerk than someone manufacturing cars in an auto-assembly factory.
theconversation.com
Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door, by Alexander Aviña
Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door
Mexico, contra David Frum and others, is not a failing state because Claudia Sheinbaum and the MORENA-led coalition that backed her won big in Mexico’s latest elections.
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