Carney's Attacks Will Unleash Major Struggles
As Mark Carney's government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda, John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is emerging.
Carney's agenda includes gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects. However, this may stir major resistance from workers and Indigenous communities.
- Indigenous land defence
- Public sector strikes
Carney's austerity and fossil-fuel agenda may please the powerful, but it's already stirring major resistance from workers and Indigenous communities.
John Clarke suggests that Canada's political establishment is emerging with a consensus on the need to respond to the threat of Trump's trade war with a concerted drive to remove barriers to profitability and boost 'competitiveness.'
This is taking on the dimensions of a major assault on workers, communities, and the environment.
Author's summary: Carney's agenda sparks resistance.