Canada

Warehouse Workers Approve Collective Bargaining Agreement With Walmart

August 6, 2026 Luis Martinez, People's World. Strategize! Canada, Contract Negotiations, Unions, Walmart, Worker Rights

Mississauga, Canada—In a historic moment for organized labor, 800 Walmart workers at a warehouse in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga voted overwhelmingly to approve their first-ever collective bargaining agreement with the retail giant. The workers are members of Unifor Local 252, and their vote marks the first time that a union contract has been reached with Walmart anywhere in North America. The contract vote, which passed with 93% approval, caps a nearly two-year organizing drive at the Walmart facility. Workers here first voted to unionize in 2024.

Alberta Government Publishes Pro Data Centre Propaganda

August 5, 2026 David J. Climenhaga, Rabble.ca. Educate! Artificial Intelligence (AI), Canada, Data Centers, Propaganda

The United Conservative Party (UCP) must be encountering stiffer opposition than it expected to its plan to make Alberta North America’s dumping ground for the Artificial Intelligence data centres that citizens most everywhere else are organizing to fight. Consider the slick propaganda section that’s appeared on the Government of Alberta’s official website, which bizarrely tries to pass off water- and energy-gobbling hyperscale data centres as “digital refineries.” The site’s first goal is obviously to get voters on side with the massive Sturgeon County data centre planned by Meta Platforms Inc. a few kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

The New Rules Of Carney’s Carve-Out Economy

August 3, 2026 Shiri Pasternak and Eve Saint, Canadian Dimension. Educate! Austerity, Canada, Deregulation, Mark Carney, Neoliberalism

It has been one year since Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced the Building Canada Act in Parliament. Since then, a succession of new laws has hollowed out legal protections for the environment, Indigenous rights, migration, and labour. The act itself establishes a fast-track approvals system for “projects of national interest” that authorizes ministers to override existing laws protecting the environment and Indigenous rights, including the duty to consult. A total of 19 government bills received royal assent during the spring sitting, while two other key pieces of legislation passed the House of Commons and will be taken up by the Senate this fall.

Striking Oxfam Workers Stage ‘Big Head’ Action

July 17, 2026 Gabriela Calugay-Casuga, Rabble.ca. Resist! Canada, Contract Negotiations, Oxfam, Unions, Worker Rights

Striking Oxfam Canada workers staged a “Big Head” protest on July 8 as their strike surpassed its fourth week. The “Big Head” action is an Oxfam speciality, according to Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 2722 president Lisa Gunn. The protest action involves making a giant sculpture of a leader’s head and using it to draw attention to and expose the misdeeds of the person depicted. “Usually it’s leaders of the G20 or the large presidents, prime ministers of the U.S., Canada, France and other big, powerful countries. It’s a way to draw attention to the demands that Oxfam asks at these things, which are all around equality, justice and gender rights,” Gunn said in an interview with rabble.ca.

A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire Speculators

July 13, 2026 Spencer Hall, The Tyee. Resist! Billionaires, Canada, Land, Privatization

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.The beloved annual celebration of Japanese Canadian culture returns to Oppenheimer Park to mark a milestone anniversary. Since 2008, a company co-owned by American billionaires Bobby Patton Jr. and Mark Walter has bought 25 properties in Dunster, an unincorporated community of approximately 240 people located 40 minutes north of Valemount. The properties, which were bought through a company registered in Canada called Fraser River Landholdings Ltd., include 16 homes, almost all of which are now vacant.

Canada Pension Plan’s Concerning Growth In Fossil Fuel Ties

June 30, 2026 Taylor Noakes, DeSmog. Educate! Canada, climate crisis, Fossil Fuels, Pension Fund

The board overseeing nearly $800 billion in retirement savings for more than 22 million Canadians is facing new questions about whether fossil fuel industry ties are influencing how it manages climate-related financial risks. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s June 1 appointment of Elizabeth Cannon, a board member and director of Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), means a quarter of CPPIB’s board now has direct connections to Canada’s fossil fuel sector — even as the pension manager holds billions of dollars in investments in oil and gas companies, including approximately $2.3 billion CAD in CNRL.

International Tribunal Accuses Canada Of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples

June 14, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Resist! Accountability, Canada, Human Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty, People's Tribunal

An international human rights tribunal has concluded that Canada committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Indigenous Peoples through its residential school system and related colonial policies. The preliminary findings were released Friday by the 57th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT), an independent international opinion tribunal that spent a week hearing testimony from residential school survivors, legal experts, researchers and Indigenous advocates in Montreal. The tribunal, which focused primarily on missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves linked to Canada’s residential school system, moved beyond the language of “cultural genocide” that dominated earlier public debate in Canada, finding that evidence presented during the hearings demonstrated a pattern of conduct that constituted “genocide” under international law.

Canadian Warehouse Workers Sign First-Ever Union Deal With Walmart

June 8, 2026 Leyland Cecco, Portside. Resist! Canada, Labor Movement, Unions, Walmart

Canadian warehouse workers have signed the first-ever collective agreement with Walmart, a breakthrough labour organizers are calling a “historic and powerful step”. But the union says the deal with a corporation long hostile to organized labour is only an opening salvo in a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country. In May, workers in Mississauga, Ontario, signed a contract with Walmart, the world’s largest employer, that includes a pay bump, guarantees over working conditions and a lump sum payout to settle allegations of unfair labour practices.

Fighter Jets Or Affordable Food

May 28, 2026 Lois Ross, Rabble.ca. Create! Canada, Food Security, Grocery Stores, Public ownership

An increasingly prominent issue these days is the cost of food and discussion of various options to control the pricing and profiteering by food corporations across Canada. Depending on what you are purchasing or where you live, the cost of groceries has increased at least 30 per cent since 2020. The cost of food is ranked as the main issue for more than 75 per cent of Canadians – above housing and above gas prices. As noted in previous columns, the sale and distribution of food in Canada is concentrated. As is just five corporations – Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, Costco and Walmart – control the market.

Inside Toronto’s Growing Tenant Revolt

May 28, 2026 Ken Theobald, Canadian Dimension. Strategize! Canada, Housing, Landlords, Tenant Unions

On Saturday, April 18, close to 300 people crammed into a school basement for a spirited founding convention of the new citywide Toronto Tenant Union (TTU). It was a riveting all-day event, an indicator of the growing momentum in the tenant and housing-justice movement. “Time to organize!” was the theme. “The Founding Convention of the Toronto Tenant Union marks a bold new chapter, merging our strength, and growing our collective power across the city,” read the convention call. “This isn’t just a meeting, it’s the start of a citywide movement.”

‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval For Extractive Projects

May 26, 2026 Taylor Noakes, DeSmog. Educate! Canada, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Indigenous Peoples, Mining

Corporate Canada insists that partnering with First Nations on new natural resources projects will bring prosperity to Indigenous communities and address the country’s long history of colonialism. But there is also a simpler and more transactional reason that companies have for years embraced the idea of so-called “economic reconciliation”. When a natural resources project is able to bring on an Indigenous partner, it speeds up approval times and reduces political and regulatory risk. That’s according to representatives of mining and fossil fuel companies who spoke candidly about the economic benefits of Indigenous partnerships during a recent economic reconciliation conference in Ottawa.

Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal To Hear Evidence On Canada’s Residential School Legacy

May 11, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Resist! Canada, History, Indigenous Communities, Indigenous Rights, Montreal, People's Tribunal, Residential Schools

An international people’s tribunal examining Canada’s role in the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous children in residential schools will convene in Montreal later this month, bringing together survivors, legal experts and advocates in what they describe as a push for accountability beyond Canada’s existing reconciliation process. The hearings, organized under the auspices of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, are scheduled for May 25-29 at the Daphne Art Centre in Montreal. The tribunal will hear testimony related to missing Indigenous children, unmarked graves and the long-term impacts of the residential school system on Indigenous communities across Canada.

Can The New Toronto Tenant Union Change The Tired Housing Debate?

May 11, 2026 Ricardo Tranjan, Canadian Dimension. Organize! Canada, Housing, Tenant Unions, Tenants, Toronto

On April 18, more than 300 tenants from across the Greater Toronto Area gathered at the founding convention of the Toronto Tenant Union (TTU), whose mission is to “fight rent hikes, win housing justice, and protect our homes.” Given the track record of its two largest founding groups—the York South-Weston Tenant Union and Climate Justice Toronto—the TTU is poised to fight landlords fiercely and win often. It could do even more. This new, city-wide tenant union could inject a much-needed dose of political honesty into housing debates.

Victoria Uber Drivers Secure First Ever Union Contract

May 10, 2026 Gabriela Calugay-Casuga, Rabble.ca. Resist! Canada, Uber, UFCW, Unions, Worker Rights

Uber drivers in Victoria ratified the first ever union contract for app-based drivers last week. This historic achievement has secured improved health and safety measures, fair dispute processes, and improved pay and wellness benefits for more than 1,000 drivers. Bargaining lasted over eight months between the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local 1518 and Uber. “Over the past year and a half, Uber drivers here have united to build something great with UFCW behind us,” Amninder Singh, Uber driver and bargaining committee member, said in a UFCW statement. “With this contract, we have achieved fairness, fair pay, strong support and real tangible gains.

AI Advocates Using Same Playbook As Free Traders Before Them

April 25, 2026 Danny Parys, Rabble.ca. Strategize! Artificial Intelligence (AI), Canada, Finance and the Economy, Free Trade

From the late 80’s to the early 2000’s, Canadian politicians and business leaders sung sweetly about the promises of free trade and globalization. Indeed, in 2005, just three years before the 2008 global recession, a consortium of business leaders proudly declared “as an economy, Canada seems to be in great shape,” and that globalization in the 80’s and 90’s had “unleashed a wave of innovation and creativity” within the private sector. Though after two decades of free trade evangelization from thought leaders, many of the arguments in favour of globalization were being repeated by rote: New markets to sell to. More foreign investment. Cheaper goods for consumers.

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