Woodhaven, Ontario In Paraguay the frame of reference was constantly back to the end of the dictatorship thirty years ago and the process of rebuilding civil society, institutions, and a democratic tradition in their country. Suddenly in Canada for the annual fall organizer training sessions and management meetings for ACORN Canada, I found myself …
Category: Canada
ACORN Canada’s Leader, Mike Wood, is Front Page News
Ahitara, New Zealand The backbone of ACORN are members and leaders and that’s true of any solid, power-building community organization, tenants’ union or workers association. It was great to see Mike Wood profiled on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator, the old blue-collar city in Ontario only hours away from Toronto. I want to …
Doug Ford, the Trump of the North, is No Populist Either
New Orleans Doug Ford, brother of the former Mayor Toronto and a former Toronto council member, became Premier of Ontario, the most populous province of Canada a shade over a month ago at the end of July 2018. He’s no Donald Trump everyone said, but he would be the Canadian version of the Trump …