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Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Image credit: Premier of Ontario Photography/Flickr
No place for sick pay in Doug Ford's anti-worker government
Rick Salutin | Let's be clear on what refusing to protect essential workers with sick pay essentially means in the Ford lexicon: it means refusing to protect workers, period, with sick pay or anything else.
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Stop education workers from getting sick
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | Five unions in Ontario are demanding that teachers and other education workers be vaccinated immediately. Plus more labour news.
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Vaccine vials. Image credit: torstensimon/Pixabay
U.S. should distribute vaccines, not weapons
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Instead of selling weapons of war, the United States should make global public health the number 1 priority. It is by far the most effective way to enhance the country's national security.
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Ontario government official announce partnership with the federal government, city of Toronto and Sanofi to expand domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity. Image credit: Premier of Ontario Photography/Flickr
Lack of domestic vaccine capacity leaves Canada at mercy of big pharma
Linda McQuaig | The pandemic has only increased the clout of the powerful drug industry, which largely controls access to COVID vaccines desperately needed by Canadians and others.
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Three Australian fighter jets in a flight formation. Image credit: John Torcasio/Unsplash
Trudeau should not be buying costly new carbon-intensive warplanes
Bianca Mugyenyi | This weekend 100 people across the country will be participating in the No Fighter Jet Coalition's fast and vigils to oppose Canada's planned purchase of 88 new fighter jets.
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NDP delegates need to stand up for what is right -- not give in to Israel lobby
Sara Rans, Rabbi David Mivasair, Sam Hersh | Two resolutions being proposed at the upcoming NDP convention are integral to the NDP's being an anti-racist and anti-colonial party.
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Why Palestine solidarity matters at the NDP convention
Why Palestine solidarity matters at the NDP convention
rabble staff | David Mivasair, Libby Davies, Zahia El-Masri, Hammam Farah, and Svend Robinson discuss the importance of Palestine solidarity in the NDP.
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Hands holding a plant. Image credit: Noah Buscher/Unsplash
Protecting the planet can prevent pandemics
David Suzuki | To prevent pandemics, we must recognize our interconnectedness with nature and protect natural systems that make the planet habitable for humans. Doing so will also help with the climate emergency.
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Person supervises baby crawling on grass. Image credit: Jordan Rowland/Unsplash
It's time to pivot to the care economy and invest in care
Armine Yalnizyan | The care economy could power a better life, not just a bigger economy, if we address issues revealed by the pandemic.
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Health Minister Tyler Shandro. Image credit: Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta/Flickr
Easter a time of negligence, incompetence and mismanagement by Alberta government
David J. Climenhaga | Taking initiative to save yourself and your family is apparently frowned upon in the UCP's Alberta, particularly if it means curtailing your shopping or dining out over a long weekend.
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Rick Salutin and Keiko. Image credit: Rick Salutin
Mourning loss of a pet takes on new dimension during COVID
Rick Salutin | For those connected to animals, their death undoubtedly diminishes us. Anyone or anything that enhances our sense of the preciousness of being here, whatever/wherever this is, deserves mourning.
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Bangladesh garment workers. Image: Bangladesh Centre for Workers Solidarity. Used by permission.
'How do they go to bed with a clear conscience?'
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | Garment workers in Bangladesh earn $6 a day doing unsafe jobs. And Canadian companies are at fault. The United Steelworkers are trying to help. Plus more labour news.
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