Category: Policy Statement

Thirteen long years after the ill-fated invasion of Iraq, the people of Britain finally learned the facts about the web of deceit that surrounded Tony Blair’s decision to join George Bush’s campaign of “shock and awe”.

In a democracy, every vote should count equally – but that’s not how it works.

One hundred and forty five years ago a small group of workmen came together to give life to an idea – the creation of a collective voice for working people in Toronto.

Labour Council’s submission to the Ontario Finance Committee listed five priorities that should be addressed by the 2016 budget.

Public assets are under relentless attack around the world. In Ontario, both the provincial hydro utility Hydro One and municipal utilities such as Toronto Hydro have been under threat of privatization for years.

The 2015 federal election made history in many ways. The resurrection of the Liberal Party from its disastrous showing of 2011 resulted in a sweep of every Atlantic seat and every Toronto seat.

Labour Council has been a consistent advocate for reforming the electoral system in Canada. For many years, we have formally supported moving to proportional representation at the federal and provincial level, and to allow landed immigrants to vote at the municipal/school board level.