Category: Canada
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The 2008 Canadian Federal Election: A Quebec Perspective
Traditionally, federal elections in Quebec have always been a privileged time to reflect and debate on Quebec’s constitutional status within Canada. Is Quebec getting more autonomous? Is Canadian federalism becoming … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Elections: What’s the Alternative to the Tories?
Canada’s minority Conservative Party government has called a federal election for October 14. Serious issues confront voters – war in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the economic downturn that that … Keep reading »
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NDP or Bloc? Quebec Left Debates Election Tactics
An interesting debate over federal election tactics has developed among socialists in Québec solidaire (QS), the new left pro-sovereignty party that confines its activity to contesting Quebec, but not federal, … Keep reading »
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Harper’s Bunker: The State, Neoliberalism and the Election
The manner of governing of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government might be characterized as a paradox with a purpose. A sharp centralization of authority over decision-making and political management in the … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Election and the Climate Crisis
Five Parties, No Solutions For the environment, there’s good news and bad news in Canada’s current federal election campaign. Good news: for the first time ever, climate change is a central … Keep reading »
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Crumbling Bloc?
Watching the Bloc Québécois over the past decade is a little like watching a bullfight. You know that the bull is going to die, but not on what particular charge. … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism and the State
John Shields and Bryan Evans, professors of politics and public administration at Ryerson University, discuss neoliberalism and the State in Canada and the USA. Watch video »
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The Fiasco of Vancouver’s Municipal Reform Party
A decades-long, municipal reform political party in Vancouver has been dealt a serious blow, possibly put out of action, by a combination of clever manoeuvring by liberal (and Liberal!) political … Keep reading »
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The CAW and Panic Bargaining: Early Opening at the Big Three
In the face of a deteriorating economic climate and concerns about the ‘investment competitiveness’ of Canadian plants, the CAW leadership made a startling move this spring. It had an air … Keep reading »
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The Ontario Mining Act, Political Prisoners and the Right to Say “NO”
In February 2008, the leadership of the Ardoch Algonquins were sentenced for contempt because of their unwavering opposition to uranium exploration on their traditional territory in eastern Ontario. Bob Lovelace, … Keep reading »
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Interview with KI Political Prisoner Cecilia Begg
Cecilia Begg is the Head Councillor of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation in Northern Ontario. She is the lone female community leader in what has come to be known as … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Latest Political Prisoners
On March 18, 2008, the Ontario Superior Court’s Judge Patrick Smith sentenced Chief Donny Morris and six other council members from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (or KI) First Nation, a community … Keep reading »