Ontario Politics

Columnists

Nov 21, 2019

Ford's destructive cuts will have sweeping effects on health care

Among Doug Ford's extensive cutbacks -- aimed at reducing the deficit without tapping the corporate elite for more tax revenues -- are a dizzying array of cuts to our public health-care system.

Columnists

Aug 23, 2019

Ford sells out his base with reversal on sex ed

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

This week, Ontario's education minister announced that the province's sex-ed program was going back to the future. The new curriculum would be almost identical to the 2015 curriculum.

Blog

Aug 14, 2019

Ford's cuts to health care and our rights

Tina S. Beier

An overview of the Ford government's cuts to health care in Ontario and how these cuts affect reproductive health, LGBTQ+ mental health, and privatization.

Columnists

Jul 26, 2019

Ford keeps popping up, to Conservatives' chagrin

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

You have to wonder if federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer wishes he could push Ontario's Doug Ford down and out of media range between now and the federal election in October.

Podcast

Jun 28, 2019

How a Canadian negotiated a global law against violence at work

RadioLabour

RadioLabour's Canada Report June 28 to July 5, 2019. CLC Secretary-treasurer negotiates ILO convention, teachers are fighting education cuts in Ontario, the LabourStart Report, and more.

Columnists

Jun 28, 2019

Despite government reset, Ford's main problem remains

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

That timeworn joke about shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic certainly applied this month when Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked his A-team ministers below deck and into lesser cabinet positions.

News

Jun 14, 2019

Fickle Ontario could be key to the federal election

Paul Barber

A deeply unpopular provincial regime can harm the prospects of its federal counterpart, a clear and present danger for Andrew Scheer.

Columnists

May 9, 2019

Ford fakes deficit concerns to justify brutal spending cuts

Linda McQuaig

Doug Ford's measures -- despite his claim to be acting "for the people" -- redirect resources from ordinary people to corporations and the rich.

Blog

May 7, 2019

From catapults to guillotines, using props as political theatre is nothing new

Krystalline Kraus

Instead of hearing the voices of those protesting cuts to social services and programs, Doug Ford's government is making much ado over a political prop at this year's May Day demonstration in Toronto.

Columnists

May 3, 2019

Doug Ford's war on journalists intensifies as relations with media continue to sour

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

If there is anything "Trumpian" about Ford, it is his relations with actual news reporters who work for legitimate news organizations, organizations his government has called "fake news."

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