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Abuse on Palestinians increase during Ramadan

cutv_admin | April 15, 2023

May 15 marks the 75th anniversary of “the nakba” translating to “the catastrophe”, when more than 700 thousand Palestinians were exiled or fled Palestine. In the lead up to this anniversary, Palestinians have been facing intensified brutality from Israeli – a historical occurrence during the Holy Month of Ramadan. At the beginning of April, Israeli …

Guineans fight exploitation!

cutv_admin | April 5, 2023

Since 2017, the fight against deportations and for status recognition of Guinean refugees has been ongoing. Today, these efforts for recognition continue with community members resisting the working and living conditions Quebec has provided them. On Friday, February 10th, Guinean activists and allies gathered at a Concordia University campus event to further mobilize this campaign …

Montreal: 60 thousand units SHORT

cutv_admin | April 4, 2023

Montreal needs 60 thousand units to address the housing shortage. What’s contributing to this shortage and what can we do to address the issue as soon as possible? Local 514 investigates, inviting a strategist, journalist, activist and city councilor to the show to weigh in.

Montreal’s social housing is under THREAT

cutv_admin | March 21, 2023

The CAQ government KILLED Quebec’s social housing program, AccèsLogis. The fate of social housing in the province is now left to private developers, while non-profit organizations are on the hook for bills required to complete housing projects under the old program. Local 514 spoke with Brick by Brick, which builds affordable housing in Parc-Extension, to …

Montrealers tell fossil fuel companies to kiss off

cutv_admin | March 18, 2023

On February 15th – one day after Valentine’s Day – Coalition Étudiante pour un Virage Environnemental et Social (CEVES) occupied the front of the RBC building at Place Ville-Marie for a kiss-in. Here, they took a moment of affection to disrupt and denounce the dangers that pipelines pose to ecosystems and drinking water in Montreal, …

More encampment evictions underway: Demanding accessible housing for all

cutv_admin | March 7, 2023

Since Fall 2022, Quebec’s Transport Ministry has been trying to evict a community of homeless citizens taking refuge under Montreal’s Ville-Marie Expressway. In November 2022, The Montreal Autonomous Tenants Union (MATU) marched in solidarity with those homeless citizens – calling for accessible housing for all. Last week, on February 27th, another peaceful solidarity march took …

People Over Profit Panel

cutv_admin | February 25, 2023

How can we restructure the economy to put people over profit, and how do we reckon with a capitalist system based on infinite growth and expansion? On February 21st at Co-op Bar Milton Parc, a group of activists and academics met up to discuss just that in the panel discussion “People over profit: Alternatives to …

Justice for Nicous D’Andre Spring – February 10th protest in Montreal

cutv_admin | February 23, 2023

On December 24, 2022, 21-year old Nicous D’Andre Spring was murdered by prison guards at the Bordeaux Detention Centre in Montreal, Quebec while being illegally detained. He was a young Black artist and poet, and was a youth mentor in spaces he was involved in – such as West Haven and the YMCA-NDG. On February …

Montreal companies part of $15B subsidy scam

cutv_admin | February 22, 2023

The Canada Revenue Agency will not look into a potential $15 BILLION in ineligible Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) payments, but Canadians ineligible for Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) are forced to pay it back. Does the Canadian government’s priorities lie with corporations making a profit during a global pandemic, instead of individuals experiencing higher …

Impossible choice: why some are choosing MAiD over living in poverty

cutv_admin | February 7, 2023

The federal government has recently delayed the expansion of eligibility for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Next month, eligibility was set to expland to include those with a sole underlying medical condition of mental illness. This will instead be made available by March 2024. But should current eligibility be reviewed? Recent reports in the news …

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