Canada

Welcome To The Great Bear Sea

July 26, 2025 Serena Renner, Resilience. Create! Canada, Conservation, Indigenous Activism, Water

The ocean bumps beneath our boat, and a cold mist obscures the way forward. I peer over the driver’s shoulder to consult the GPS screen behind the steering wheel. The map reveals a labyrinth of islands, as well as dozens of inlets and fjords cutting up the western fringe of British Columbia’s Central Coast. Most bear colonial names: Jackson Passage, Laredo Inlet, Princess Royal Channel. But looking closer, I can make out other, older names: Nowish, Khutze, Kynoch. When the mist lifts, the topography pops up all around me. Sheer granite peaks plunge into a Magic Eye mirage of cedar, fir, and spruce trees rooted to rocky shores.

Fast Tracking A Pipeline To BC’s Coast Will Undermine Canada’s Security

July 16, 2025 Mitch Anderson, DeSmog. Educate! Big Oil, Canada, Environment, Indigenous Sovereignty, Pipelines

“Now the real work starts.” These words from Prime Minister Mark Carney marked the rapid passage of Bill C-5, which grants sweeping powers to his cabinet to fast-track infrastructure projects. While his recent meeting with Canada’s premiers was described as a love-in, the love may be short lived if certain powerful industries don’t get the pony they thought they were promised. I speak of course of the oil patch and their relentless demands for more pipelines, whether they are needed or not. The long-dead Northern Gateway proposal to B.C.’s north coast seems to be top of the fossil fuel wish list, backed up by recent comments from Carney.

What It’s Like To Farm As A Cooperative

July 15, 2025 Growing for Market Magazine, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Canada, Cooperatives, Farming, Food and Agriculture

“Oh, I remember when I was young and I wanted to start a farm co-op with my friends, too!” This was the common refrain my friends and I heard back in 2004 when we’d tell established farmers about the farm co-op we were starting. Our group met studying agriculture at McGill University’s MacDonald campus. We had gone our own ways for a few years to work on and manage other farms. Now, we were to run our own farm. We decided to do this together as a worker co-op. A lot of what we were talking about excited established farmers, but then they followed up with, “But then I started a real farm on my own.” No one directly told us not to start a co-op, but there didn’t seem to be a lot of faith that this was a real project.

Amazon Workers Win A Union As Company’s Tactics Slammed

July 14, 2025 Isaac Phan Nay, The Tyee. Resist! Amazon, Canada, Unions, Victory, Worker Rights and Jobs

Amazon workers in Delta have won the battle to unionize after the BC Labour Relations Board found the company committed “serious” offences to try and block an organizing drive. The board ruled Thursday that Unifor Local 114 should be automatically certified because the company interfered with employees’ efforts to exercise their rights. The union accused Amazon of bringing on dozens of new hires at the Delta distribution centre to interfere with a union drive and intimidating employees with an anti-union drive. Amazon denied the allegations and says it will fight the decision.

What To Do When You, Too, Become A ‘Terrorist’: New Zine Launch

July 6, 2025 Samidoun, Orinoco Tribune. Strategize! Canada, Germany, Palestine Action, Terrorist, United Kingdom (UK), US Empire

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is launching a new zine, “What to do when you, too, become a ‘terrorist’” — inspired by our own experience being banned in Germany and being labeled a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)” by the United States and a “terrorist entity” by Canada, and by the ongoing attempts of the British state to proscribe Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organization. Of course, it is also influenced by the years of state repression targeting a wide array of liberation struggles and movements, from the Black Liberation Movement to Indigenous warriors to Puerto Rican independentistas, not to mention the designation of Palestinian, Lebanese, Yemeni, Iranian, Filipino and other resistance organizations as “terrorists” by the imperialist powers.

Trade Agreements Must Prioritize People Over Profits

June 19, 2025 Kenzie Love, Canadian Worker Co-op Federation. Create! Canada, Cooperatives, Trade Agreements, Worker Cooperatives, Worker Rights and Jobs

The Trump administration’s recent actions on international trade have destabilized the global economy, and co-ops have felt the impact. The old economic order as it pertained to trade may be a thing of the past. But instead of pining for the supposed stability and prosperity of a bygone era, it’s important to recognize that even pre-Trump, the global economy wasn’t working that well for most of the world’s inhabitants or the planet itself, based in part on trade agreements that favoured profits over people. As economist Angella McEwen asks rhetorically, “If we are outraged that Donald Trump is flouting free trade deals that he himself negotiated, does that mean we have to defend free trade now?”

Residents Demand Answers On US-Owned Toxic Waste Dump Expansion

June 9, 2025 Éanna Mackey, Rabble. Resist! Canada, Environment, Quebec, Waste

An emergency provincial law passed in late March has allowed Stablex—an American waste disposal company— to expand its Blainville operations into ancient nearby wetlands — overriding local opposition, shutting down debate in the National Assembly, and drawing growing concern over environmental contamination. Bill 93, pushed through by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government on March 28, forced the City of Blainville to sell over 60 hectares of public forest land to Stablex and granted the company immunity from legal consequences for any actions taken prior to April 15 — a federal deadline protecting bird nesting areas. The bill was described by opposition parties as custom-built for the American firm.

Despite Anti-Trump Mandate, Canada’s New PM Pushes ‘Golden Dome’

June 2, 2025 Nora Loreto, Truthout. Resist! Arms Race, Canada, Donald Trump, Golden Dome, Outer Space, Wars and Militarism

For just $61 billion, Canada can get in on Donald Trump’s latest scheme: a space-based North American missile defense system that Trump has called the “Golden Dome.” Trump posted the amount of money he would expect Canada to pay on his Truth Social account on May 27 — the same day that King Charles was in Ottawa to read the Speech from the Throne to open a new session of Parliament. Trump told Canadians that if Canada became the 51th state, the cost of being part of the program would drop to zero — something that Global News reports that the Prime Minister’s Office had not heard from Trump. Trump’s plan revives a version of Ronald Reagan’s spaced-based missile plan, popularly known as “Star Wars.”

Land Sharing: Prairie Farmers Lead The Way

June 2, 2025 Lois Ross, Rabble. Create! Canada, Indigenous Rights, Landback, National Indigenous Day (Canada), National Indigenous History Month (Canada)

Since the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was published in 2015, with its 94 Calls to Action, much more attention has been focused on recognizing the harms of colonization. Still, many of us wonder how we can involve ourselves in reconciliation in a meaningful, sincere, way. Reconciliation means much more than setting aside a month or a day to support and learn about Indigenous history. While gestures are important, how do we apply reconciliation in our own lives? How does a settler, a farmer, whose ancestors were part of colonization, work to advocate for the treaty rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Europe Is Finally Taking Action For Palestine, But It’s Too Little, Too Late

May 24, 2025 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. Educate! Canada, European Union (EU), Genocide, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Palestine, Trade

On Wednesday, Israeli forces in the West Bank opened fire in the direction of a delegation of European, Arab, and Asian diplomats. In yet another mark of Israeli hubris, the Israeli military said it “regrets the inconvenience.” The timing of this incident is not coincidental. Earlier this week, the European Union, many of its member states, and other Western countries issued statements and took steps that appeared to finally represent concrete actions to pressure Israel to change its behavior in Gaza and the West Bank. The question is whether that is really what happened. It started with a letter from a coalition of states that fund international humanitarian efforts.

Two Housing Crises In One City

May 24, 2025 John Clarke, Canadian Dimension. Educate! Canada, Housing, Housing Market, Toronto

I’ve previously written for Canadian Dimension about a housing struggle I am involved in around a vacant site in Toronto’s Downtown East. Our community-based organization, 230 Fightback, is challenging the developer KingSett Capital’s plans to build luxury housing at 214-230 Sherbourne Street, and demanding that social housing be created instead. Faced with relentless community pressure and a faltering housing market, KingSett offered to sell the site to the city but only at a price that would cover the costs of its speculative antics. For its part, city hall adamantly refused to apply the kind of pressure that could compel the company to reduce the price.

Britain, France, and Canada Threaten Israel If Gaza War Is Not Halted

May 21, 2025 Juan Cole, Scheer Post. Resist! Benjamin Netanyahu, Britain, Canada, France, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Sanctions

Britain, France and Canada issued a statement on Monday, demanding that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu cease its military campaign against the people of Gaza and halt its months-long blockade of food and medical aid, which has left the Strip on the verge of widespread famine. The three threatened Tel Aviv with “concrete steps” should it fail to do as they insist. The three NATO powers went further than a 22-nation petition to Israel to halt its food and aid blockade issued on Monday, which they also signed. The other 19 countries apparently declined to go so far as to demand an end to the war, as well.

On Red Dress Day, First Nations Call On Government To Heed Calls For Justice

May 7, 2025 Nick Seebruch, Rabble. Resist! Canada, First Nations, Indigenous People, Indigenous Women, MMIWG2S, Red Dress Day

May 5 marks Red Dress Day. Across the country, red dresses are hung in windows, clotheslines, and trees to recognize Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit Peoples (MMIWG2S). Despite making up only four per cent of the total adult female population in Canada, Indigenous women make up 10 per cent of the total number of all people who have gone missing in Canada. Of the nearly 7,000 police-reported female homicides that took place between 1980 and 2014, nearly 16 per cent of the victims were Indigenous women. The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is marking the occasion by calling on the new Liberal government to urgently address the 231 Calls for Justice included in the final report of the 2019 National Inquiry Into Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Unifor, UAW Now At Odds Over Trump’s Auto Tariffs

April 27, 2025 Jackie Charniga and Eric D. Lawrence, Portside. Educate! Auto Workers, Canada, Tariffs, Trump Administration, UAW, Unifor

Unifor National President Lana Payne no longer sees eye to eye with UAW leader Shawn Fain. In a split with its Canadian sibling, the UAW endorsed President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles and parts — the same tariffs Payne called “reckless and dangerous” for the entire integrated auto industry. Payne told the Free Press on Thursday, the day a new round of tariffs took effect, that she hasn't met with Fain in “some time," adding that she isn't sure where he's getting his labor figures to support the pro-tariff stance. “I don’t know that I would say we have common goals here. Unifor is opposed to these tariffs that the president of the United States is placing on the Canadian auto industry,” she said.

Planned Obsolescence Vs The Right To Repair

April 27, 2025 Lois Ross, Rabble. Create! Canada, Capitalism, Planned obsolescence, Right to Repair

Spring reminds me of the rituals of farming that were customary as I was growing up on the prairies. Among these were making sure that farm machinery was maintained, and repaired if necessary, to ensure that spring seeding occurred on time and without delay – at least as much as possible. And the other memory related to farm machinery was that there were always breakdowns at the most inopportune of times. Despite best efforts there was often a need to repair equipment during seeding or harvest. That was the way it was. Often someone from the family was dispatched to a nearby farm equipment dealer or garage to purchase a part so that a seeder, tractor, or discer could be repaired on the farm..

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