
Toronto’s Tenant Union Is Just Getting Started
Earlier this year, the Toronto Tenant Union held its founding convention. Its sights are set high: it aims to build a mass tenant movement capable of reshaping Toronto politics.
James Adair is a socialist writer in Ottawa, focused on building left-wing institutions and practices.

Earlier this year, the Toronto Tenant Union held its founding convention. Its sights are set high: it aims to build a mass tenant movement capable of reshaping Toronto politics.

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.