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ENTIRE VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD FIRED: THE CRISIS OF EDUCATION FUNDING CONTINUES
By Daniel Tseghay
On October 17th, BC’s Education Minister, Mike Bernier, fired all nine elected Vancouver School Board (VSB) trustees. The province’s reasoning is that the elected school board failed to pass a balanced budget by the June 30th deadline, violating the School Act. Bernier has now replaced the board with an appointed trustee, a former superintendent, leading many to call the move undemocratic. Read more!
THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW FOR PHARMACARE
On October 18, The Council of Canadians released the report: A Prescription for Better Medicine: Why Canadians need a National Pharmacare Program. Rankandfile.ca editor Gerard Di Trolio sat down with the report’s author, the Council’s National Healthcare Campaigner Michael Butler, to ask him about the significance of the report’s findings, how it would benefit Canadian workers and the economy, and why now is the time to act on a national pharmacare program. Read more!
R&F PODCAST EPISODE 6 - SUGAR WORKERS IN GUYANA
Activist and journalist Kevin Brice-Lall talks about the situation facing sugar workers in Guyana and the attempt of the government to shut down Wales Estate. You can sign a petition supporting the sugar workers here. Read more!
MANITOBA'S BILL 7 IS AN ATTACK ON UNION RIGHTS
By Matthew Brett
Brian Pallister’s Bill 7 was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on June 15, aiming to amend the union certification system currently in place in Manitoba. A recent case in Edmonton makes very clear that this legislative change will put employees at risk while strengthening corporations and management. Read more!
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