By Doug Nesbitt The crown corporation, Alto, is now holding public consultations in the regions where it is proposing to build a high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto. The project costs are estimated between $80 billion and $120 billion, and have ignited opposition along the entire corridor. Numerous townships have voted outright opposition. Local Continue readingAlto: High-speed privatization
$50 billion in subsidies has failed to secure jobs, investment and a future By Doug Nesbitt On October 16 2023 it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township when politicians and corporate executives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to build a new $2.761 billion Electric Vehicle battery parts plant. Loyalist Township, located next Continue readingCanada’s failed EV strategy is corporate welfare run amok
A Special Rankandfile.ca Report In less than 10 years, the Ontario’s Workplace Safety Insurance Board went from an alleged “unfunded liability crisis” threatening the very existence of the compensation system, to a surplus in which employer premiums have been slashed and corporations gifted billions of dollars. Rankandfile.ca presents this Special Report by Chris Grawey, a Continue readingThe WSIB “Surplus”: A Political Slush Fund
It has been a decade since the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that workers do have collective rights, including the right to strike, which employers and governments cannot easily overturn. As labour scholar Charles Smith wrote a decade ago for Rankandfile.ca: The challenge now is how workers and their unions can transform their legal victory Continue reading10 Years of the Right to Strike
By Riley McMurray In this article I discuss the shooting of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly done by Luigi Mangione, as well as the apparent public support Mangione has received since the shooting. I also discuss successful union organizing initiatives within the healthcare sector led by author and activist Jane McAlevey. I argue that Continue readingUnion organizing and Luigi Mangione
