Quebec City mosque assailant identified with ultra-right

The person charged with Sunday’s heinous attack on a Quebec City mosque is an unabashed admirer of Trump and Marine Le Pen.

Montreal antiwar demonstration the largest in Canadian history

Braving freezing temperatures of -25 Celsius, 150,000 people marched through downtown Montreal Saturday to condemn US-British plans for war on Iraq. The protest was one of the largest political demonstrations in both Montreal and Canadian history, if not the largest.

French Communist Party Chairman Hue loses his parliamentary seat

On February 2, the chairman of the French Communist Party (PCF), Robert Hue, for a second time lost his parliamentary seat in Argenteuil, the fifth electoral district in Val-d’Oise.

Canada’s Vidéotron strike underscores need for working class political struggle

The bitter five-month-long strike mounted by the 2,200 employees of the Quebec cable company and Internet provider Vidéotron has reached a turning point. If the strike is not to be isolated and defeated the Vidéotron workers must adopt an entirely new strategy based on the independent political mobilization of the working class.

Sacking of Finance Minister splits government

Will Canada’s Prime Minister survive?

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is in a fight for his political life. Last Sunday, he fired long-time Finance Minster Paul Martin, in the second emergency cabinet shuffle in a week. Martin, whose massive public spending and tax cuts have made him a darling of the financial markets, has indicated he will mount a campaign to force Chrétien to step down as prime minister.

Canada’s elite ponders implications of "Fortress America"

Washington’s demand that Canada bring its policies in line with the US “war on terrorism” has provoked a major crisis in Canada’s economic and political elite.

Under international pressure, Haitian president Aristide embraces his right-wing opponents

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, host of the Summit of the Americas which brought together 34 heads of state of the continent last month in Quebec City, used the occasion to increase international pressure on Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Quebec premier's resignation intensifies crisis within separatist movement

Lucien Bouchard's January 11 resignation as Premier of Quebec and President of the indépendantiste Parti Quebecois (PQ) has shaken the Quebec separatist movement. While Bouchard was oft-criticized by PQ activists for not vigorously promoting Quebec sovereignty, he was also widely perceived as the politician best able to “sell” the idea of independence to the electorate.

As US isolates Aristide

Haiti's wealthy pin hopes on Bush

The US Supreme Court ruling that delivered the White House to George W. Bush and the Republican Party was greeted with wild elation in at least one corner of the globe. In Port-au-Prince, residents of the wealthy hillside neighborhoods overlooking the impoverished Haitian capital took to the streets shouting their enthusiasm when the decision was announced.

Canadian Alliance in disarray

Canada's new party of political reaction, the Canadian Alliance, has been left staggering by the defeat it suffered at the hands of the Liberals, the traditional governing party of the ruling class, in the recent federal election.

Canadian elections: the real issues in the health care debate

Time and again, ordinary Canadians have expressed great concern about the rapidly deteriorating state of the country's public health system, with its long waiting lists, overcrowded emergency wards and closed hospitals. But the controversy over health care that has come to dominate the campaign for the November 27 federal elections has nothing to do with addressing these concerns. Rather it represents an attempt by the ruling class to work out, behind the backs of the Canadian people, a plan to further subordinate health care, and social policy in general, to its drive for profits.

Washington steps up pressure on Haitian government

Washington is growing impatient over the Haitian government's reluctance to bow down to US and international criticism of alleged electoral fraud in recent parliamentary elections.

Protests rock Quebec Youth Summit

Last month's government-organized Quebec Youth Summit came very close to becoming a public relations disaster for the Parti Québécois (PQ) provincial government. Large numbers of youth, both in and outside the conference, denounced the government's right-wing agenda.

US occupation force evacuates Haiti, leaving a country in ruins

In September 1994, a 20,000-strong US occupation force landed on the Caribbean Island of Haiti and returned to power Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the elected president who had been overthrown three years earlier in a bloody military coup. Two weeks ago, "Operation Restore Democracy" came to an inglorious end. The remaining 300 US troops stationed in Haiti have left for home even as criminal gangs, largely comprised of personnel from the disbanded Haitian army, terrorize the populace in broad daylight and politically-motivated violence escalates in advance of next month's parliamentary elections.

Quebec nurses return to work under 48-hour "truce"

The 47,500 members of the Quebec Federation of Nurses (QFN) suspended their strike and returned to work yesterday under a 48-hour truce.

Quebec nurses' strike at a turning point

Now in its third week, the strike by the 45,000 members of the Quebec Nurses Federation (QFN) is at a turning point.

Montreal firefighters dispute highlights need for workers to mount political struggle

"There's tension in the air. We're anxious to be done with it, but we'll only stop if the city gives us some respect." This statement of a Montreal firefighter typifies the spirit that reigns at fire stations in Canada's second largest city.

Canadian Auto Workers official denounces GM strike

The Quebec director of the Canadian Auto Workers union has denounced workers at the General Motors Saturn assembly plant for voting in favor of strike action.