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OPPOSE PRIVATIZING ONTARIO'S POWER
By Paul Kahnert
Ed Clark, Premier Wynne’s privatization advisor insisted in the May 19 Toronto Star that the partial sell-off of Hydro One to private owners will produce greater efficiencies through private sector discipline and that those benefits are passed onto rate payers through lower rates. Baloney.
This is exactly the same line that the Harris Government used when introducing hydro privatization and deregulation. Mike Harris promised that deregulation and private sector discipline would lead to lower rates. Since then rates have gone from 4.3 cents a kwh to the top rate of 16.1 cents a kwh. Smart meter charges have been added and executive salaries have skyrocketed. Hydro rates under the partial privatization of generation have gone up more than 10 times the rate of inflation since 1999 according to Statistics Canada, all under the so called protection of the Ontario Energy Board regulations. Read More!
UNDERSTANDING CANADA'S AUSTERITY CONSENSUS
Michal Rozworkski is a Vancouver-based political economist who runs the website Political Eh-conomy. He recently published the article “Canada’s Austerity Consensus” at Jacobin Magazine.
Michal argues that since the 1990s, both the federal Liberals and Conservatives have carried forward the austerity agenda.
As Canadians prepare for a historic federal election that could see the Tories defeated and the NDP elected to power, Rankandfile.ca’s Doug Nesbitt spoke with Michal about Canada’s austerity consensus: what it is and how it happens. Read More!
THE FIGHT FOR $15 AND THE ONTARIO NDP
By Gerard Di Trolio
We are fast approaching the tipping point for the $15 per hour minimum wage movement in North America. Recent events in Los Angeles and Alberta confirm this, and show the movement’s momentum.
This is a victory that is thanks to the tireless efforts of workers and labour movement activists across the U.S. and Canada. We have seen rallies, walk-outs, petitions, and quite possibly the largest ever mobilization of service sector workers. Read More!
SOLIDARITY ACTION FOR WINNIPEG TRANSIT WORKERS; TENTATIVE DEAL REACHED
By Scott Price
On Friday May 22nd during rush hour a group of people were in front of the MTS Center in Downtown Winnipeg handing out homemade donuts and Tim Horton’s gift cards to transit drivers as a show of support for members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 who have been in contract negotiations with the city over the last several weeks.
The event was organized by concerned citizens who wanted to show solidarity with ATU 1505 members and who they felt have been taking unfair criticism. Read More!
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