, Faculty of Law, February 2nd, 2011Now that he’s in office, Toronto mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps

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Now that he’s in office, Toronto mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps to fulfill his campaign promises – now in the case of banning TTC strikes.

At his business council meeting on December 16, Ford succeeded in persuading Toronto city councillors on a 28-17 vote to ask the province to declare the TTC an essential [...]Op Ed: Balancing Security With Religious Freedom: Sikh Men Denied Entry to National Assembly

On January 18th of this year, Quebec’s National Assembly refused entry to four Sikh men, ironically coming to appear at a conference on reasonable accommodations, when they refused to remove their Kirpans (A Kirpan is a religious object shaped as a knife). Keeping the Kirpan is to

Socialist Worker|issue 526|January 2011facebooktwitterhomesubscribesubmit a reportsend a letterdonatecontactarchiveinternational socialistsSocialist Worker | issue 526 | January 2011Bosses make out like banditsBack in the “Roaring Twenties,” they had a name for the super-rich: Robber Barons. Today’s Robber Barons are officially twice as greedy. Canada’s richest 1 per cent are taking a much greater slice of the economic pie—almost one third of all growth in incomes between 1997 and 2007, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). »Capitalism can't handle the truthThe very existence of WikiLeaks is as big a bombshell as any of its revelations. Founder Julian Assange has been labelled a terrorist, to shut down future leaks. Jay Gannon looks at past leaks that show capitalism has always been afraid of the truth. »Auto-destruction and a car-free futureFrom car assembly-line pioneer Henry Ford to Toronto’s new pro-car mayor Rob Ford, we are living in an auto-dependent and auto-destructive society that is harming our health and

alienation, and its cure. »Why Ford wonAccording to the mainstream media, Rob Ford “swept” to mayoral victory

office, Toronto mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps to fulfill his campaign promises – now in the

Auto-destruction and a car-free future|Socialist Worker|January 2011facebooktwitterhomesubscribesubmit a reportsend a letterdonatecontactarchiveinternational socialistsSocialist Worker | issue 526 | January 2011TweetFrom Henry Ford to Rob FordAuto-destruction and a car-free futureFrom car assembly-line pioneer Henry Ford to Toronto’s new pro-car mayor Rob Ford, we are living in an auto-dependent and auto-destructive society that is harming our health and our environment. But a healthy and green, car-free world is still possible.During every hospital shift, I see people who have been directly injured by cars—from whiplash and bruising, to broken bones, to fatalities. Car crashes are so common they are simply part of the daily hospital routine. Listening to the radio traffic report outside the hospital is no better job, who recently died of a stroke. Toronto’s new mayor Rob Ford wants to provide the coup-de-grâce to public transit system—including the brains and hands that make it work, whose right to strike Rob Ford

Why Ford won | Socialist Worker | November 2010facebooktwitterhomesubscribesubmit a reportsend a letterdonatecontactarchiveinternational socialistsSocialist Worker | issue 524 | November 2010TweetWhy Ford wonBy Pam FracheAccording to the mainstream media, Rob Ford “swept” to mayoral victory on October 25 with a 47.1 per cent majority in Toronto’s municipal election. The “unprecedented” voter turnout was 52.6 per cent, compared with turnouts ranging from 36.10 per cent in the 2000 elections to 39.3 per cent in the 2006 election.But Rob Ford “won” with less than 50 per cent of the votes and with support from less than 25 per cent of eligible voters. As a per centage of Toronto’s population, only 3 of every 20 people voted for Ford.The results cannot be interpreted as a dramatic shift to the right by Toronto voters, or even in the suburbs -worker message.Strategic votingBy summer’s end, it became clear Rob Ford was leading. Pantalone was in shoulder with people who voted for Rob Ford. Our job is to give them the ideas, tools and confidence to

Ontario municipal elections round up: Liberal wolves in sheep’s clothing | Socialist Worker | November 2010facebooktwitterhomesubscribesubmit a reportsend a letterdonatecontactarchiveinternational socialistsSocialist Worker | issue 524 | November 2010TweetOntario municipal elections round upLiberal wolves in sheep’s clothingby John BellMayoral candidates with Liberal Party ties and endorsements won in a number of key Ontario cities.Jim Watson in Ottawa and Maurizio Bevilaqua in Vaughan, both former Liberal cabinet ministers, defeated incumbents who had been mired in scandal.Although it is a pleasure to see Larry O’Brien, Ottawa’s answer to Rob Ford, go down to defeat, Watson is no friend of workers—in fact Ottawa’s Labour Council found no candidate for mayor worth endorsing.In London, Liberal Joe Fontana narrowly defeated Anne Marie DeCicco-Best.All three victors ran on platforms of tax freezes and staff cuts. All across the province, the fight will be on to defend public services and decent jobs.    © 2010 Socialist Worker

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Hotel workers lead fight against Ford | Socialist Worker | November 2010facebooktwitterhomesubscribesubmit a reportsend a letterdonatecontactarchiveinternational socialistsSocialist Worker | issue 524 | November 2010TweetSTICKING WITH THE UNIONHotel workers lead fight against Fordby Carolyn EganThe millionaire mayor elect of Toronto, Rob Ford, has been calling for an end to the public “gravy train,” talking about the need to contract out city jobs, cut the public sector and privatize services.Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris and other Conservative leaders of the “common sense” revolution celebrated with Ford at his victory party on election night.The Harris government initiated vicious attacks on workers rights and services in the 1990s that were met by citywide general strikes across the province.Ford is following in the footsteps of leaders around the world in Britain, France, South Africa and Greece who are conditions of the workers.Many working class people voted for Rob Ford believing that his promises to cut