Category: Canada
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Facing Trump: What Perspectives for Quebec’s Ecosocialist and Ecofeminist Left?
The new era is characterised by far-right parties taking power in different parts of the world, including Donald Trump’s party in the United States. This situation poses a series of … Keep reading »
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Fighting Trump’s Tariffs: Funding Private Capital or State Investments?
Canada’s industry minister emerged from a cabinet meeting recently to inform us that there had been discussion of a robust response to US aggressions with Canada-first procurement policies and a … Keep reading »
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The Trump Tariff Challenge and the Rule of Capital
As Canadians sift through the rubble of Trump’s latest salvo and steel themselves for the next in the back-and-forth of the US-Canada trade war, there is increasing interest, especially on … Keep reading »
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Anschluss, Schulterschluss or Concrete Internationalism?
In these turbulent and rapidly shifting times, we often search for quick answers. “How to respond to Trump 2.0?” is a question that calls for an immediate response here in … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Trade War and Canadian Workers
The 25% tariffs imposed on exports from Canada and Mexico by the US administration of Donald Trump effective March 4 (with an exception of 10% tariffs for Canadian oil and … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Auto-Tariffs: From Formal Sovereignty to Substantive Sovereignty
The danger confronting Canadians is not President Trump’s on-and-off tariff toggle. That’s only a symptom. The more significant threat is our deep integration with, and hence dependence on, the US. … Keep reading »
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Interprovincial Trade Barriers – A Solution Looking for a Problem?
Canada struggles with the threats from the United States that include imposing not only high tariffs, but even the unimaginable – annexing the country. In a highly defensive mode, the … Keep reading »
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Book launch: Against the People /w Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is thrilled to host the official launch of the new book Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario, with editors Bryan … Watch video »
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Trump’s Threats, Canadian Challenges
Former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau once said that the Canada-US relationship resembled a mouse sleeping with an elephant: “No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I … Keep reading »
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When is a Survey not a Survey?
It’s only been a week since the survey by the so-called Jewish Medical Association of Ontario (JMAO) was released. But when is a survey not a survey? When it is … Keep reading »
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Silencing 101: Art College Bans Palestine Teach-in
In 1887, the Victoria School of Art and Design in Halifax, NS, was the first art school established in the British Empire. Today, it is known as the Nova Scotia … Keep reading »
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Citing Genocide Convention, Seven Lawyers Launch Historic Lawsuit Against Canada
In Ottawa, the Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza discusses a recent court filing against Justice Minister Arif Virani. This action, led by the Legal Centre for Palestine and others, … Watch video »