A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
A guide to standing up to book bans and beyond, and how to protect and strengthen public education in Canada
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Every year the minimum wage in Ontario has a modest increase. And every year the actual living wage pulls further away. 2026 is no different.

The numbers show that schools and educators in Ontario are being asked to do more with less, and students are paying the price

On demande aux écoles et aux enseignants de faire plus avec moins de moyens, et ce sont les élèves qui en pâtissent

The playbook frames AI data centres in economic terms, without proper safeguards for the public and the environment.

A guide for concrete movement solidarity between workers and tenants

OPSEU workers are dealing with more work, less funding, and lower wages. So they’re fighting back

Le sous-financement chronique est le problème; ce n’est pas la mauvaise gestion financière. On demande aux écoles année après année d’en faire plus avec moins

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.

Despite all the talk of nation building and generational investments, governments are failing to invest in the most important factors of production: labour.

The federal and provincial governments are engaged in a massive tax giveaway to the people that broke the housing market

Ontario’s attacks on OSAP are part of a broader restructuring of public post-secondary

By hitching the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot” to the Northlander train revival, the province is engaged in a major giveaway to the U.S. taxi app
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