“Knowing that there were already rank-and-file committees established across communities in Canada, the US and Europe, I felt that there was a place for workers like me who have felt abandoned and disheartened by their unions.”
The Progressive Conservative government is announcing, days before its budget and shortly before an expected election call, that it is planning to invest an additional $1 billion in home care over three years.
The Ontario election campaign isn’t expected to begin until May 4 but it felt like the race was underway today, as Andrea Horwath and the NDP unveiled a 92-page platform promising new investments in healthcare and a freeze on the income tax for low and middle-income residents.