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  • MSA campaign for mayor candidate Kiri V well received at rally for Migrant Workers’ Rights rally in Toronto on June 24

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    The Migrant Workers’ Alliance rallied in Toronto on June 24 outside Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland’s office to demand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau keep his promise, made six months ago, to grant Status for All. The Municipal Socialist Alliance joined this gathering and distributed information about its candidate for mayor of Toronto, Kiri Vadivelu, who is a tenants organizer and immigrant worker who echoes the demand Status for All. The crowd of close to one…

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  • Olivia Chow – a Vote for Mediocrity, Evasion, and the Perpetuation of Capitalist Rule

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    Among the 102 candidates in the June 26 Toronto mayor by-election, former city councilor and MP Olivia Chow is certainly not the worst. Among the establishment contenders, she appears slightly to the left of Liberals Ana Bailao, Mitzie Hunter and Josh Matlow. But Olivia, who ought to know better, is treating the electorate to a virtual re-run of her failed campaign for mayor in 2014. It is marked by mind-numbing mediocrity and evasion of clear…

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  • MSA candidate for Toronto mayor speaks to mass media

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    A bevy of bourgeois councilors and wannabees flocked to Toronto City Hall early on April 3 to register as candidates for the municipality’s top job in a hastily called by-election.  An exception to the Dishonor Roll of 28 servants to the status quo was the Municipal Socialist Alliance candidate for Toronto mayor, Kiri Vadivelu.  The 37-year old tenants’ organizer, Socialist Action member, and working class resident of Scarborough submitted the requisite nomination signatures and registration…

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  • Announcing the MSA candidate for mayor of Toronto in the current by-election campaign

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    News Release The Municipal Socialist Alliance, at its monthly convention held on March 20, selected Kiri Vadivelu to be its candidate for mayor of Toronto in the current by-election. Kiri Vadivelu is a social justice activist who was the MSA for the seat in Scarborough Centre Ward 21 in the October 2022 city election. Kiri, who immigrated from Sri Lanka as a child, successfully resisted illegal eviction of his family at the Ontario Landlord and…

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  • Windsor City Council Backs Natural Gas Power Plant Expansion Despite Opposition from Residents and Environmental Groups

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    On January 16, 2023, Windsor City Council supported a proposal from Capital Power to add two natural gas turbines to their existing facility, East Windsor Cogeneration Centre, located on Riverside Drive. This expansion will increase the power plant’s capacity from 92 megawatts (MW) to 192 MW. Capital Power advised City Council that its proposal responds directly to a call to action from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). In October 2022, the Provincial Government mandated that…

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  • More Workers’ Power, Not Strong Mayor Powers

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    Released to media on January 7, 2022 Until recently, for a motion to carry at Toronto city council, a majority vote is required. But with the Better Municipal Governance Act, mayors like Toronto’s John Tory now can pass bylaws with the support of just one third of council. It gives the mayor powers to veto budgets, committee decisions and By-Laws. Council will require a 2/3 vote to overcome the mayor’s veto. This Act passed, despite…

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  • The Toronto Police Services Budget Needs to be Slashed not Increased

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    On the first Monday of 2023, Jan. 9, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) held a special meeting to discuss and vote upon a proposed $48.3 million CAD increase to the Toronto Police Services (TPS) operating budget in 2023, which represents a 4.3% increase over the bloated 2022 operating budget. Like in most Canadian cities, TPS takes up the  biggest slice of the annual city budget at 22%. But by pushing a narrative that the…

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