Category: Canada
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The Struggle over Site C Dam and the Peace River
British Columbia — 13 July 2016. The energy from Site C is not needed: After 28 days of hearings and review of 28,000 pages of documentation, the Joint Review Panel … Watch video »
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Wall: Sunshine Premier Makes History
Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall has earned a major place in Saskatchewan’s political history. On April 4 he broke the back of the NDP, the province’s “natural governing party” since … Keep reading »
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A Leap Toward Radical Politics?
The Leap Manifesto is, in a way, Canada’s version of the burst of Left and socialist energies that have come with the Bernie Sanders campaign in the Democratic Party in … Keep reading »
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Federal NDP’s Pact With Satan Implodes
“No CCF Government will rest content until it has eradicated capitalism and put into operation the full programme of socialized planning which will lead to the establishment in Canada of … Keep reading »
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Canada, Left-Nationalism, and Alternatives
Paul Kellogg interviewed by Robin Chang on Escape from the Staples Trap A concrete understanding of contemporary Canadian economic development depends in part on a grasp of the current institutional structures … Keep reading »
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After the Sands
Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians Toronto — 7 April 2016. View on www.slideshare.net The Paris climate accords were strong on aspirations to keep the world below 2C temperature rise but … Watch video »
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What Did Quebec Public-Sector Unions Achieve?
After a wave of protests and job actions that culminated in Quebec’s largest general strike in decades last December, public-sector unions have agreed to a series of contracts with disappointing … Keep reading »
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Age of Austerity: Capital, the Financial Crisis and the State in Canada
Geoffrey McCormack and Thom Workman interviewed by Robin Chang The financial and economic crisis of 2008 has left a continuing legacy on social welfare, showing up in slow economic growth, unemployment … Keep reading »
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‘No Admittance Except on Business’: How P3s are Produced and the Secret of Their Profit Making
“Accompanied by Mr. Moneybags … we [enter] into the hidden abode of production, on whose threshold there stares us in the face ‘No admittance except on business’. Here we shall … Keep reading »
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The Ontario Liberals and Long-Term Care: The Struggle Against Privatization
Governments across Canada have been caught in a fiscal bind over the entire period of neoliberalism. On the one hand, they have pursued austerity and restraint almost without interruption since … Keep reading »
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Growing Tomatoes in the Era of Free Trade
Southwestern Ontario is the historic home of Canadian tomato growers. The bulk of the crop goes to processing, and since 1909 the dominant corporation had been H. J. Heinz, a … Keep reading »
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Quebec Unions Debate a Settlement
Quebec public-sector unions organized in the Common Front reached a tentative agreement with the government of Premier Philippe Couillard right before the holidays on December 17. The agreement followed an … Keep reading »