Category: Canada
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The NDP Leadership Race: Sleepwalking Toward the Centre?
For the first time, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is holding a leadership race that involves picking the leader of the Official Opposition and someone that can, with some credibility, … Keep reading »
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An Incomplete Victory or the Beginning of the End for Ford Nation?
Toronto Budget 2012 Does the 2012 City of Toronto budget represent an incomplete victory for the Rob Ford Administration or is it indicative of its impending demise? It really depends on … Keep reading »
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Québec Solidaire Struggles to Define its Space in Shifting Political Landscape
About 400 members of Québec solidaire met in Montréal, December 9-11 in a delegated convention to debate and adopt positions on major social and cultural questions. The convention capped the … Keep reading »
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Social Democracy and the Economic Crisis: The Saskatchewan Case
In the Spanish general election last Sunday [November 20, 2011], the Socialist Party government was soundly defeated. The rightist Peoples Party won the election but only increased their vote by … Keep reading »
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Saskatchewan Election 2011: the Looming Debacle
A reporter covering Tory Prime Minister Kim Campbell‘s campaign during the 1993 election likened it to watching a dog die slowly. Campbell replaced Brian Mulroney after his public support collapsed … Keep reading »
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Ontario Election 2011: Hard-Right Rejected, But Neoliberalism Still On The Agenda
In a very uninspiring campaign, the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty has been re-elected to a third term. The Liberals ended up just one seat shy of a majority government … Keep reading »
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Layton’s Legacy and the NDP Leadership Race
With the death of Jack Layton, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) has been thrust into an unexpected leadership race, its future in question. Layton led the NDP to a … Keep reading »
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Selling the City: Rob Ford’s Toronto
“We don’t have a revenue problem [at city hall], we have a spending problem, the City’s addicted to wasteful spending.” “I will assure you that services will not be cut…guaranteed.” … Keep reading »
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Nycole Turmel’s Induction in the Federalists’ Wonderland
Surprise, surprise! Belatedly, the Globe and Mail ‘discovers’ that an elected NDP member of parliament – in this case interim party leader Nycole Turmel – has been a member of … Keep reading »
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Public Sector Austerity: Why is Canada Leading the Way?
The major economic problem faced by Canadians is a very slow recovery and weak job market, not government deficits or rising debt. But public spending cuts at the federal and … Keep reading »
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Making Sense of the Federal Election in Canada
Making sense of the surprising outcome of the May 2nd federal election in Canada is a major challenge for everyone on the Left, especially among those who are engaged in … Keep reading »
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Could Election Reform Make a Difference?
In the May Federal election, Stephen Harper won a majority government without winning a majority of the vote. Only 39.6 per cent of the population voted Conservative while 60 per … Keep reading »