Today, we honour the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at École Polytechnique in Montréal on December 6, 1989, only because they were women. It was a violent act of misogyny. We say their names. We carry their memory. And we face the reality that violence against women—especially Black, Indigenous, racialized, disabled, 2SLGBTQ+, and...
Today, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to recognize the leadership, strength, and daily fight of people with disabilities across this country. This day exists because people with disabilities organized, pushed, and demanded that governments finally recognize disability rights — not as charity, not as awareness, but as justice. The United...
TORONTO – What’s happening at Algoma Steel is exactly what’s wrong with this country: big corporations get money from the government while workers are left to fend for themselves. A thousand steelworkers are being thrown out of their jobs while the federal and provincial governments keep shovelling public money into the pockets of corporate executives...
This November marks 41 years since the 1984 Sikh Genocide—days of organized, state-sponsored violence in India that targeted Sikh men, women, and children. Thousands were killed, families were shattered, and an entire community was left to bear the pain and injustice of those horrific events. Four decades later, that pain endures. Sikh Canadians continue to...
Every year, we hear the same story. Liberals say they’ve got our backs. Conservatives say they’re on our side. Then both hand billions to corporations that turn around and lay off Canadian workers. This federal budget could have been different. It could have invested in affordable homes, strong public services, and good union jobs. Instead,...
