Tony Leah is a long-time Canadian labour activist. He retired from the GM Oshawa Assembly plant in December 2019 and is currently the Chairperson of the Unifor Local 222 Political Action Committee.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.