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From its inception, Zionism has been a violent, colonial ideology. The State of Israel, founded through decades of Zionist migration and anti-Palestinian violence, is a perfect distillation of Zionism, not a departure from it. Zionism is Israel’s state ideology.

When federal anti-scab legislation finally came into force last year, it marked the culmination of a decades-long struggle by Canada’s labour movement. For generations, unions had fought to ban employers from using replacement workers during strikes and lockouts, arguing that scab labour prolongs disputes, poisons labour relations, and undermines workers’ right to strike. The passage of Bill C-58 was celebrated as one of the most significant labour law reform victories in many years.

Alberta separatism has a uniquely large and immovable gender gap compared to other issues, according to a researcher who has studied the topic since 2019. “This is actually a rare instance where men and women — controlling for all other factors — do tend to think about separatism in different ways,” said Jared Wesley, a professor in the University of Alberta’s political science department. Wesley runs Common Ground, a research project about public opinion and political polarization in Alberta.

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Politicians and prominent Zionists have spent the duration of the Gaza genocide fixated on an alleged “rise in antisemitism” in Canada, and blaming it on the pro-Palestine movement. The cast of characters doing so includes the prime minister, premiers, elected officials at all levels and the country’s largest Jewish organizations. They’ve positioned Toronto, which has the largest Jewish community in the country, as the epicentre of this supposed trend.

Canada’s public pension fund increased its investments in companies “complicit” in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians by more than $23 billion in the year ending March 2026, a new report has found.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has billions for private contractors, but not for community service workers. For four weeks, thousands of Ontario community and social service workers have been on strike demanding better wages, improved working conditions, and adequate funding for the essential services they provide. The workers, represented by OPSEU/SEFPO, support some of the most vulnerable people in the province.

Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters today he welcomes the latest memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States that proposes significant concessions to Iran but leaves key issues unresolved.

For decades, Walmart has been one of the most formidable anti-union employers in North America. The retail giant built its reputation on low prices, sophisticated logistics and an aggressive opposition to worker organizing. Union drives at Walmart stores repeatedly ran aground when they met fierce employer resistance, legal battles and, in some cases, outright closures. That is what makes the recent contract victory by workers at Walmart’s distribution centre in Mississauga, Ont., so significant.

Activists in Toronto unfurled a banner reading, “Kick Israel out of FIFA,” over a FIFA logo on Lakeshore Boulevard on Friday morning ahead of the city’s first World Cup game. The boulevard is a busy thoroughfare that thousands of commuters take daily into the city. “While people are paying attention to the games, I think it’s important for them to also be aware of the institutional complicity of organizations that are holding these games,” activist Faisal Ibrahim told The Maple.