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May 29, 2022 - Diversions, Divisions, Decline

When: Sunday May 29th, 2pm

The Right, Social Movements, and the Ontario Election

Democracy in Ontario? Only the naïve and those standing to gain from the political spoils are refusing to concede that electoral democracy is rotten to its core in Ontario. Since the 1990s, the neoliberal policy regime of 'free markets', low taxes, cuts to social provisioning, and more money for policing have dominated the agenda at Queen's Park.

Since being elected in 2018, after almost 15 years of rule by the Liberal Party, Doug Ford and his Conservative government have pushed this agenda even further to the right. In the last election, Ford promised a 'buck a beer' and to 'open the province for business'. This time Ford is promising 'roads, roads, roads' and offering his 'drivers' coalition' a few dollars in a license plate rebate.

Speakers:
- Bryan Evans teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University and is the co-editor of Divided Province: Ontario Under Neoliberalism.
- James Hutt is a union activist and currently works at the Canadian Association of University Teachers.
- William Paul is an educational activist editor of the website School Magazine.
- Shelagh Pizey-Allen is Director of TTCriders in Toronto.

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