Category: Canada
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Quebec Election: A Seismic Shift Within the Independence Movement?
The defeat of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and the election of a federalist Liberal party government in the Quebec general election of April 7 raises important questions about the future … Keep reading »
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Eight Years Gone: The Harper Government’s Health Record
The Canada Health Accord ceased functioning on March 31, 2014. There was no state funeral. The Accord was negotiated in 2004 under Prime Minister Paul Martin and set-up the last … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Coup-Supporting Corporate Cowboy Diplomacy
When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bloviated last fall about officially ending the Monroe Doctrine (the U.S. belief that God grants only Americans the right to interfere with the … Keep reading »
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Some Basic Thoughts on Québec and Anti-Imperialist Strategy
The Harper government has dragged Canadian politics to a point where intelligent criticism is difficult. Things are almost too obviously bad. On an international stage, it was enough to see … Keep reading »
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Can We Afford FORD More Years?
Toronto — 30 January 2014. This forum was part of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly GMM. Moderated by Paul Gray. Presentations by: Stefan Kipfer is Professor of Environmental Studies, York … Watch video »
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Ideology and Central Banking in the Crisis: The Canadian Experience
‘Privatizing gains and socializing losses’ could be the motto for the neoliberal era. Alongside this and ‘there is no alternative,’ few slogans better capture the ideology that has been so … Keep reading »
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The Geopolitical Ecology of Empire’s Ally
Jordy Cummings interviews Greg Albo and Jerome Klassen Jordy Cummings (JC): One of the overarching themes of Empire’s Ally in general,and your contribution in particular, is a questioning of the predominant … Keep reading »
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The Fossil Fuel Wars in British Columbia and Canada
The fossil fuel industry offensive in British Columbia and across Canada is proceeding relentlessly. This is a report from some of the key fronts of the fossil fuel wars. Tar Sands … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Profitability and Stagnation Puzzle
The Puzzle Defined Most developed economies continue to experience fall-out from the financial crisis of 2007-08. The Eurozone has been most ravaged, but the U.S. and UK have not fared much … Keep reading »
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Palestine in Canadian Politics
Early this month, the Canadian section of Israel’s quasi-governmental Jewish National Fund (JNF) made a big show of honouring Stephen Harper at its annual “Negev Dinner.” It was the first … Keep reading »
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The Scandalization of Politics: On FordLisi, HarperDuffy, and a Few Others
We are gripped by scandal. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is implicated in a top-level cover up of illegal expense claims by one his own foot soldiers: now-suspended Senator … Keep reading »
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The Canadian Appointed Senate and the Drift to Authoritarian Rule
Stephen Harper and his governing, Conservative Party hierarchy were hoping that the brawl they have picked with Canada’s appointed Senate would be wrapped up in time for the party’s two-day … Keep reading »