It is no surprise in this age of deteriorating working conditions and poverty wages, of precarious work and growing recourse to temporary foreign labour, of spiraling inequality and obscene executive compensation, that organized labour and social movements would see fit to press for an increase in the minimum wage. According
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Canadian Dimension | Articles: Editorial: Building the Left to challenge Rob Ford
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is a political phenomenon deserving of close attention, but not for the reasons often cited. The mayor’s crack smoking, binge drinking and seemingly terminal foot-in-mouth disease grab headlines, but the media coverage seldom serves up anything approaching political analysis. Instead, it relies on simplistic, divisive explanations
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Building the Left to challenge Rob Ford
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is a political phenomenon deserving of close attention, but not for the reasons often cited. The mayor’s crack smoking, binge drinking and seemingly terminal foot-in-mouth disease grab headlines, but the media coverage seldom serves up anything approaching political analysis. Instead, it relies on simplistic, divisive explanations
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