Sep 29, 2019

Climate change was the front and centre subject of discussion this week. It was punctuated by the Climate Strike marches in cities around the world - a movement led by Greta Thunberg.

In the throes of a federal election campaign, the climate agenda was commandeered by citizens who don't have a vote.

Education is also...

Sep 22, 2019

The federal election campaign has consumed all of the political oxygen since the Governor General officially dissolved parliament on September 11.

The Liberal strategy out of the gate was to equate Conservative Leader to Doug Ford - characterized as the service-slashing Premier of Ontario who cares little about the...

Sep 13, 2019

If the medium is the message, then Premier Doug Ford's anti-carbon tax message isn't sticking. The government mandated anti-federal carbon tax labels that adorn gas pumps across the province are peeling off; reporting in the Toronto Star suggests they've got the wrong adhesive. First problem is, the glue is intended for...

Sep 7, 2019

Students got back to class this week in Ontario with little or no drama on the labour front. But it was clear, before the week was over, that the Doug Ford Tories will be facing push back from unions representing workers in the education sector.

CUPE is the first to light a slow burn fuse, putting the province on...

Sep 1, 2019

Here we are making the turn into the autumn. The kids are heading back to class this week without much of the drama that had been anticipated. There have been dire prognostications of an all out war between the teachers' unions and the Doug Ford government.

Any hints of labour unrest remain in the background - for...