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Articles by: Fernando Arce

Politics

Cuba Still Welcoming Tourists

Tagged
Blackout, blockade, Cuba, oil, United States
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Labour

Migrant Workers EI Lawsuit Can Proceed

Issue
2026 Apr/May
Tagged
Employment insurance, Justicia for Migrant Workers, migrant workers
News

Ford Government Accused of Misusing Funds to Favour Friends

Issue
2025 Dec – 2026 Jan
Tagged
David Piccini, Doug Ford, labour, LiUNA, Skills Development Fund
Housing

Weston Tenants Win Right to Face Top Renovictor Landlord

Issue
2025 Dec – 2026 Jan
Tagged
Acorn, Chiara Padovani, housing, Landlord-Tenant Board, Michael Klein, York South-Weston Tenant Union
Housing

Thorncliffe Park tenants’ union wins ‘amicable agreement’ with landlords

Tagged
PSP Investments, rent strikes, Starlight Investments, Thorncliffe Park
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News

Making school nutrition programs truly universal requires systemic changes, critics say

Tagged
school nutrition program, TCDSB, TDSB
News

Israel Raids Madleen Aid Ship, Global March to Gaza Tries to Break Siege by Land

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
Israel, madleen, March to Gaza, news briefs, Palestine
News

Bubble Zone Bylaw Passes, Unlikely to Withstand Charter Challenge

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
Bubble Zone, City Hall, Israel, news briefs, Olivia Chow, Palestine, protest, Toronto, West Bank
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News

Bill C-2 Gives Government Sweeping New Powers over Immigration

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
Bill C-2, C-2, Charter, Immigration, Mark Carney, Migrant Rights Network, police powers, refugee, Strong Borders Act
Crowd of workers out on a sunny day, with orange hats and yellow vests.
News

WSIB Workers Locked Out since May 22

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
CUPE, labour, lock out, mental health, OCEU/CUPE 1750, strike, WSIB
Announcements

Catching Junk AI Stories; Why We’re Delaying the Food Issue by a Week

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
AI, artificial intelligence, food issue, scammers, The Grind
Palestinian supporters inside York University. Credit: Independent Jewish Voices Canada.
News

York University (Sort of) Responds to Anti-Palestinian Racism Report

Issue
2025 Summer
Tagged
anti-Palestinian racism, Gaza, Israel, news briefs, Palestine, Race Equity Caucus, Toronto, York University
News

Ford & The Justice System

Issue
2025 Feb
Tagged
Bill 124, Doug Ford, Law, Supreme Court of Canada, Umair Zamir
Photo of medications on a cloth.
News

Assistance Rates ‘Punishingly Inadequate’ in Ontario

Issue
2025 Feb
Tagged
Doug Ford, ODSP, Ontario, Ontario Disability Support Program benefits, OW
News

Anti-Palestinian Racism Way Up at York University, Report Finds

Tagged
anti-Palestinian racism, APR, campus politics, Israel, Palestine, political repression, student encampment, York University
Photo of apartment building in daytime with brick exposed and balconies.
News

Fighting for the Right to Stay Cool 

Issue
2024 Summer
Housing

Wrestling Over South Junction Housing

Issue
2024 May/June
Tagged
missing middle housing, NIMBY, South Junction Triangle
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (middle) and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (right) were foes during elections. Now they’re acting chummy in public.
Housing

The Non-market Housing Push

Issue
2024 May/June
Tagged
co-op housing, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, MultiUnit Residential Acquisition, Scarborough
Image of a pie chart with title "Breakdown of the purveyors of anti-Palestinian racism (ARP) based on examples identified by CJPME study. The top ones are: HonestReporting Canada (30%), Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (17%), TheJ.ca (14%), The National Post (8%), The Suburban (5%), The Toronto Sun (3%), Others (23%).
Politics

The Deep Roots of Today’s Anti-Palestinian Racism

Issue
2024 May/June
Tagged
anti-Palestinian racism, CJPME, Palestine, Solidarity
News

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Demand Arms Embargo To Israel, Blockade Scarborough Plant Exporting Military Equipment

Tagged
Palestine, Scarborough, Solidarity
Strathcona Hotel resident Katy Chiappetta reads letter to Olivia Chow. Photo: D. Gray-Donald.
Housing

Shelter Hotel Residents Call on New Mayor Olivia Chow to Stop Evictions

Issue
2023 Summer
Tagged
homelessness, housing, Olivia Chow, shelters, Strathcona Hotel, Toronto mayor
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. King's Printer for Ontario, 2023.
Analysis

What’s Next for the Strong Mayor Powers?

Issue
2023 Summer
Tagged
Conservatives, Doug Ford
York South-Weston Tenant Union members demanding Dream drop the rent increases. Photo: YSWTU
Housing

Rent Strikes!

Issue
2023 Summer
Tagged
above guideline applications, corporate landlords, evictions, rent hikes, rent strikes, tenants
New Season New Election New Opportunities
News

New Season, New Election, New Opportunities

TTC Cuts Increase Fares and Create Longer Wait Times
Politics

TTC Cuts Increase Fares and Create Longer Wait Times

Issue
2023 Feb/Mar
Tagged
transit
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