Against the People

Bryan Evans is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Ontario office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His research focuses on political economy and public policy.Carlo Fanelli is an associate professor of Work and Labour Studies, York University. He is the author of Megacity Malaise: Neoliberalism, Labour and Public Services in Toronto, co-author of From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault Against Labour, and editor of Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research.

• Chapter 1:: From Building a Province to Dismantling It (Carlo Fanelli and Bryan Evans)Chapter 2:: Manufacturing a Fiscal Crisis (Venai Raniga)Chapter 3:: Arts and Culture on Life Support (Aylan Couchie)Chapter 4:: Schools for Sale (Chris Chandler)Chapter 5:: Privatizing Ontario Universities (David Leadbeater)Chapter 6:: Everyday Justice in Ford’s Ontario (Kathy Laird)Chapter 7:: Healthcare SOS (Micheal Hurley and Doug Allan) Chapter 8:: Unequal Ontario (Carlo Fanelli and Katherine Nastovski)Chapter 9:: Why Are People in Ontario Hungry? (Maria Rio)Chapter 10:: Bulldozing Indigenous Lands (Dayna Nadine Scott and Dania Ahmed)Chapter 11:: Child Care When Convenient (Rachel Vickerson, Carolyn Ferns and Brooke Richardson)Chapter 12:: Riding the the “Gravy Train” (William Paul)Chapter 13:: Locking in Unsustainable Development (Mark Winfield) Chapter 14:: De-Democratizing Ontario (Tom McDowell)Chapter 15:: Strong Mayors, Weak Cities (Carlo Fanelli and Ryan Kelpin)Chapter 16:: Building Tenant Power (Lily Xia)Chapter 17:: Fighting Ford and Beyond (John Clarke)

“Ontario’s is the most under-resourced healthcare system in Canada: Understaffing. Fewer hospital beds per capita than any other province. Repeated and escalating crises in long term care. Unprecedented numbers of emergency room closures. Ongoing exploitation of the health care workforce. Unsustainable workloads. Harassment or firing of those who speak out. This book allows a full appreciation of exactly how, despite its duty to all Ontario citizens, the Ford government is Getting it Done for only a select few. It is required reading both to remind Ontarians of the greed, incompetence and undeserved privilege of our government, and to outline how we might work together to build back a better Ontario, for All the People.”