Matthew Green

@matthewgreen.bsky.social

Member of Parliament proudly representing Hamilton Centre fighting for climate & social justice, the working class, dignified housing for all, healthcare, and a more democratic economy for everyday Canadians. https://www.matthewgreen.ca/

Defeating the forces of fascism requires that we destroy monopoly capital once & for all while creating forms of community that exist outside the bounds of consumerism—ways of living & relating that almost no longer exist at all in our society.

Last blog post for 2024.🥂 Today's rant is how empowering (and funding!) local riding associations can drive a left-wing political renewal in Canada. Time to modernize them, and turn them into grassroots movements on a local scale. Organize! Mobilize! Localize! thegroundbreaker.ca/2024/12/20/o...

Organize! Mobilize! Localize! – How Empowered Local Riding Associations Can Drive A Political Renewal

Canada needs a political renewal. No – I don’t mean a new party in government, but that could help, if that new government were more aligned with people than just profit, power, or ego.…

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Not only did Canada Post illegally lay off striking workers, it also cut off the medical benefits for people like Marc Caron, who has cancer and now has to pay thousands of dollars for medication. This is despicable.

Thoughts on being 62. Cynicism is a cheap luxury none of us can afford. Despair is where you go when you lose steam in the rage wars. So disengage. Our job as elders is to be there for the young. To call out the motherfuckers of disinformation. To build on the history of resistance. To give hope.

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Today, November 29, marks the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, so I offer this House, and all Canadians committed to justice and peace, the following reflection: “Every bombed village is my hometown”, Stop the genocide. Long live Palestine. Long live Gaza.

Bootlicking for Billionaires. When Conservatives scoff at working class Canadians – saying they’ll vote against a GST Tax Holiday. , Don't forget - they're the same ones who voted to slash corporate taxes for multi-billion-dollar corporations by 7% — costing Canadians $60 billion dollars.

Toronto Sun News headline that says "Conservatives won't support GST holiday legislation"