July 11, 2020 - No. 25 - Federal Government's Economic and Fiscal "Snapshot" - • Let Us Move On to Public Enterprise and End the Charade

We, the working people, work and produce value and you the ruling imperialist oligarchy and your courtiers expropriate the value we produce; you own and control the economy, and you have usurped the authority of the state to pay the rich and to defend and sustain your privilege and private wealth and the great divide between you and us. [...] The fight of the Mégantic people and of so many rail communities is difficult and challenging as they are up against the state-organized deregulation of the rail industry in the service of rail monopolies and the oil and gas industry. [...] Anti-social concepts such as "risk management," "safety as a cost that has to be balanced against the other costs companies have to pay," and "competitiveness" have become the name of the game at the expense of the rights and safety of, and in spite of the voice of the communities. [...] Lac-Mégantic was a tragic and profound eye-opener as to how the neo-liberal outlook and practice of placing all of society's assets at the disposal of the global monopolies directly led to the self- regulation of the railways and to criminal negligence causing death and chaos, as well as joint attempts by the private owners and the government to blame the workers. [...] On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the tragedy, our warm salute to the Lac-Mégantic community who continue to rebuild their lives and to make an important contribution to the fight for the security of all.