Tag: Federal Elections
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Canada’s Eviscerated Democracy: Minority Government and Representative Democracy as Symptoms
On 20 September, 2021, Canadians voted to hold the line. While forty seats changed hands, the number of seats won by each of the parties was so close to the … Keep reading »
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Canada: No Change
Canada’s Liberal Party prime minister Justin Trudeau has managed to get re-elected for the third time in the snap general election he called. The Liberals won or were leading in … Keep reading »
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From Canada’s Election to Public Action
Beyond the Alberta Tar-Sands For months, during and after Canada’s 2019 federal election campaign, corporate media provided daily frontpage news space for Alberta’s non-stop demands for more tar-sands-export infrastructure through British … Keep reading »
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After the Federal Election: the Dangers and Challenges that Lie Ahead
It is still early to interpret fully the results of Canada’s October 21 federal election. But behind the immediate results some trends are clear. Canada’s Federal Election, 2019 2019 2015 … Keep reading »
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The Saga of SNC-Lavalin: Quebec Inc. and the Canadian State
For several months now the SNC-Lavalin saga has continued to unfold, although it has been displaced somewhat in the current election campaign. You will recall the small storm that arose … Keep reading »
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Book Launch: The Trudeau Formula w/Martin Lukacs
Book launch with The Trudeau Formula author Martin Lukacs, discussants Judy Rebick and Russ Diabo, and moderator, Sharmeen Khan. Watch video »
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Bringing SNC-Lavalin to Mind in this Uninspiring Federal Election
Who would have believed, just a few months ago, that the SNC-Lavalin scandal would scarcely have been registered so far as one of the key issues in the current Federal … Keep reading »
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The Canadian Election and Palestinian Solidarity
Voters looking to cast a ballot in support of Palestinian rights will be out of luck when it comes to the main parties – PM Trudeau’s Liberals, and the main opposition Conservatives #elxn43 #cdnpoli Keep reading »
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Canada’s Election: Voters Defeat Harper, but Elect Another Trudeau
Canada’s federal election October 19 was effectively a plebiscite of voter opinion on the decade-long rule by the ultra-neoliberal Conservatives (Tories) led by Stephen Harper. With some 70 per cent … Keep reading »
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The Federal NDP’s Electoral Breakthrough in Quebec: A Challenge to Progressives in Canada
If Jack Layton’s election-night speech to his Toronto supporters is an indication of what lies ahead, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is going to have a hard time coming to … Keep reading »
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Anti-Austerity Struggles and the Canadian Election
The economic crisis that whipped across the advanced capitalist countries in 2007-09 has now moved into a phase of unprecedented government austerity. Rather than spelling the end of neoliberalism, the … 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 »