Past President of @torontolabour. Former Chair of @CouncilofCDNs. Unrelenting advocate for #SocialJustice
Toronto, Ontario
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Monday, September 7, 2026 marks the 154th anniversary of the first labour march in the streets of Toronto. Teachers, Education Workers & colleagues in labour and community will be out in full force. Join us for the parade, music and gathering together
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Happening this Saturday, Aug. 29 - Fight for Education!
Across Ontario this weekend, communities will come together for a province-wide Day of Action for public education.
OSSTF/FEESO members, families, and supporters are encouraged to join their local rally and stand up for the strong, well-funded public education system every student deserves.
Find an event near you: protestdougford.com
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Toronto has a huge opportunity before us. The upcoming election is a chance to elect a progressive city council that can effect meaningful change. I want to help lead this movement. I will be running in the upcoming municipal election in University Rosedale. Read my statement.
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This week the 4 biggest publicly-traded Canadian oil companies posted $13.3b after-tax profit in the 2nd quarter ($146m per DAY). Like other global oil giants, they are getting rich from the misery caused by Trump's war. My take in today's @TorontoStar: thestar.com/business/opinion… /2
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How and why I became Canada's Minister of the Environment — and why I left thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
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PRESS RELEASE: Education Advocates Call on Paul Calandra to Repay Taxpayers After Stan Cho Reimbursement
Read more ⤵️
labourcouncil.ca/press-relea…
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Why does Canada make cars anyway, Jamieson Greer asks? Because we make them better than America does. And we spend $100 b/yr buying 2 million of them! @UniforTheUnion's 2026 round of talks with Ford can highlight the industry's staying power here. #canlab thestar.com/business/opinion…
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From Swift's Shelf: The Age of Financialization
A review of my book Earth For Sale by Kingston writer Jamie Swift thekingstoncrow.substack.com…
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Canada’s AI strategy includes no new protections for water or climate | Canada's National Observer nationalobserver.com/2026/06…
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Excellent opinion by Fred Wilson
‘Building Canada Strong’ needs sectoral bargaining and standards – Canadian Dimension canadiandimension.com/articl…
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1/ This announcement marks the Carney government’s official surrender to the oil and gas lobby.
By gutting carbon pricing to the point of irrelevance, it has dismantled the last federal climate measure standing. We now have a federal government that no longer even pretends to rein in big corporate polluters.
cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-…
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The owners of said assets would like to remind PM @MarkJCarney that Canadians voted against the privatization of public assets when we chose not to elect Poilievre.
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The privatization of everything. Soon trillionaires and asset managers will own the world
Carney says he’s open to selling infrastructure like airports to finance projects - The Canadian Press apple.news/A_2pXhyE9T8eUd-Oj…
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Cubans are facing a dire humanitarian crisis as sanctions and restrictions limit access to food, medicine, and other essential supplies. Canada’s unions are partnering with @comfront01 to call on the Government to support Cuba.
Sign the petition:
commonfrontiers.ca/canada-mu…
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The Liberals wants to sell off Canada's ports & airports— strategic assets that will end up in the hands of foreign buyers.
When the UK privatized Heathrow, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & China took major stakes.
Will PM Carney protect our sovereignty — or sell it to the highest bidder?
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Several Canadian universities, including U of T and UBC, are learning the hard way today another downside of outsourcing key academic functions to a US corporation (with the hacking of Canvas systems). I wrote about another downside for @TorontoStar: thestar.com/business/opinion….
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El presidente Trump firmó el viernes una orden ejecutiva que amplía las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra el Gobierno de Cuba. Las nuevas sanciones están dirigidas a funcionarios, entidades y todo aquel que sea cómplice de actos de corrupción o violaciones de los derechos humanos, así como a las personas que operen en los sectores de energía, defensa, minería y finanzas de Cuba. Los bancos y las empresas extranjeras que hagan negocios con entidades cubanas sancionadas también podrían quedar excluidos de los mercados estadounidenses. Las nuevas medidas se producen después de que el Gobierno de Trump bloqueara a principios de este año las exportaciones de petróleo venezolano a Cuba y presionara a México para que detuviera sus propios envíos, lo que contribuyó a que la isla sufriera importantes apagones y provocó que las aerolíneas extranjeras suspendieran los vuelos a dicho país.