Category: Canada
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Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction
Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, President of Unifor, has warned that “If we don’t push back hard against … Keep reading »
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Political Sovereignty and Elbows Up: How is it going so far?
How lucky were the Liberals when the last federal election season began? Very. Twin perceived threats came to their assistance. Like all parties in trouble, they dumped their leader, Justin … Keep reading »
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Beyond the ‘Elbows Up’ Response to the Tariff War: Debating a National Industrial Policy
Canada’s long codependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended. The election of a tariff-obsessed, unpredictable, incompetent, crony capitalist autocratic Donald Trump administration requires Canada to … Keep reading »
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Allan Gardens, Toronto: Protest and Public Space
For centuries, various Annishinaabe First Nations – among them the Mississauga, Ojibwe, and others – inhabited territories on the northern shores of Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes that … Keep reading »
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The ‘Twin Bill 5s’ and De-Democratization
Amid escalating US tariffs and annexation threats, Canada’s political leaders have invoked “national unity” as the guiding principle of their efforts to navigate the crisis (Carney, 2025, May 8). For … Keep reading »
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‘An Offer You Can’t Refuse’: Trump Sends Canada a Wake-up Call
An all-too predictable pattern has emerged in US-Canada relations. US President Donald Trump makes Canada ‘an offer it can’t refuse’. What follows is a national gnashing of teeth, flag-waving, businesses … Keep reading »
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Capitalism Today
Capitalism Today: Four Vectors of Crisis – recorded at the Society for Socialist Studies conference in Toronto. 0:00 moderated by Nadia Abu-Zahra 0:15 Bill Carroll (University of Victoria) 18:11 Herman … Watch video »
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A Québécois Socialist Response to Canada’s Federal Election
The following article appeared first in the Quebec online weekly Presse-toi à gauche. The English translation is by International Viewpoint, slightly revised and updated by me, which IV published under … Keep reading »
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International Mobilization for Peace, Action and Community Transformation
IMPACT G7 urges Canadian leaders to reject neoliberal and militaristic G7 strategies and instead pursue policies centered on equity, sovereignty, public welfare, and environmental sustainability. Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly
The last time the nuclear industry got its way in the province, Ontario Hydro spent over two decades building 20 nuclear reactors. It was a mash-up of missed deadlines, cost … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariffs: Fake Problems, Fake Solutions
Trump is mad. Mad at the world. Mad at anyone who challenges him. Mad in his actions. Tariffs, a tax on goods coming into the US, are Trump’s weapon of … Keep reading »
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A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail
As noted in my previous article, Canada and Quebec’s commercial entanglement in the US economy is profound following thirty years of “free trade,” with neoliberal capitalism as its legacy. Suddenly, … Keep reading »