Tag: Canadian politics
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Toronto activists gather to ramp up campaign against TPP
BY BRADLEY NORTHCOTE A group of community activists and advocates in Toronto is calling for a stop to the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership, which they say is an unfair and undemocratic trade deal harmful to creators and consumers of digital content. The diverse group held a “TPP Teach-In” at the United Steelworkers Hall in Toronto on Saturday,…
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Provincial budget talks met with protest in Hamilton
BY JAKE HRIBLJAN While government bureaucrats recessed in the warm east ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel downtown Hamilton, union workers, labour activists and other protestors raged outside in the freezing cold against the Ontario government’s new austerity measures. Last Monday, officials from the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs hosted a public hearing so…
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Premier Kathleen Wynne visits Sheridan College
The Sheridan Sun just sat down with Premier Wynne and chatted about her experiences and impressions at Sheridan. [View the story “Premier Kathleen Wynne visits Sheridan College” on Storify]