Yep, Liberals have created new expectation that federal government will just override Charter protected rights and freedoms via email. We’d expect that this will discourage the hard work of trying to bargain a deal for any party that would prefer arbitration.

I definitely blasted requests for government intervention in Air Canada ALPA Pilots negotiations 👉 “Do we actually believe that workers should have rights to shape their wages and working conditions, or not?” #canlab #aircanada thestar.com/business/air-c…

SK teachers are looking for 3 key commitments from this fall’s candidates. We’re breaking down each of them from our election platform. First up: Teachers need a strong commitment to restore and maintain per-student funding. Read more: bit.ly/3XD8GjY #Vote4PublicEdSk

Solidarity with these workers

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation condemns government’s announcement of more taxpayer money being siphoned from the public system and given to private schools. News Release: bit.ly/3z9fBbk

We don’t want to censor you. We want you to self-censor so we don’t have to censor you.

Imagine the systemic issues we could address in Canada if we talked about anything as much as we do about the carbon tax.

*I* have the Verso Books proofs! If you 1) want to understand how finance ruined democracy, 2) want a critical social/political theory of capitalism & democracy, 3) are curious about sortition and/or 4) want a concrete plan to empower the demos against the elite…could be for you

Has put more people to sleep than Ambien, NyQuil, and Xanax combined.

Classic Liberals: Introduce anti-scab legislation; then make strikes impossible through legislative means. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Do you remember when the Sask Party promised a "balanced budget by 2024" during the pandemic election? The Sask Party's most recent projections for 2024 show a $354 million deficit. #skpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

Rallying against the feds and trying to connect the NDP to Trudeau is all that Moe has left to try to stay in power. No proven record, no policies.... Just more rage farming his shrinking base.

Today is the 157th anniversary of Marx's Capital and Jacobin published my article "Why Karl Marx Kept Reworking Capital, Volume I"👇 jacobin.com/2024/09/marx-e…

1. 1. I'm a professor employed by two Canadian universities. CIJA's claim (below) that "campuses are overrun with antisemitism" is false.

"These projects demonstrate that Saskatchewan industries can thrive while reducing their carbon footprints, all without imposing the burdensome costs of a carbon tax." But apparently they can't thrive without a big public subsidy?

On one level the work from home movement disrupts the sense of normal ‘work’. But on the other, fighting for a better work life balance is at the root of worker struggles. No matter how much columnists mock these movements. theglobeandmail.com/politics/opini…

An important thought to consider.

Air Canada pilot strike averted as tentative deal reached with union | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10756508/…

My two cents on the Air Canada / ALPA deal. Opinion: Air Canada had to settle with pilots because it failed to read the political room - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

"we are seeing #Saskatchewan politics revert to form...with one party representing the cities; another the country. [But] there is no more urban perspective or moderating influence within the Saskatchewan Party." By Simon Enoch and Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social CCPA_SK leaderpost.com/opinion/column…