Floor-Crossing vs. Party-Democracy
To minimize floor-crossing episodes, mass parties can leverage existing political institutions to make Canada’s democracy more deliberative and participatory.
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Facing Down the Far-Right in East Germany
“We social democrats always talk about how the fight against right-wing extremism is part of our political DNA. However, many rightly wonder what exactly that means.”
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Efficiency at What Cost? Bill C-5 and the Risks to Canada’s Regulatory State
The Cabinet’s authority to designate projects and override recommendations by regulatory bodies creates a new form of political uncertainty.
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Class & Climate: The COP Folly with Martin Empson
The UK-based climate activist and writer explains how the Conferences of Parties have bureaucratized climate organizing.
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Social Democrats of the North: École Sociale Populaire
Learn about the unique Catholic roots of Quebec’s social democratic tradition.
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How to Fix Canada’s Underrepresentation Problem – Without Creating a New One
Canada’s unfortunately late arrival to this conversation, however, can be a strategic advantage with more than three decades of global experience in its implementation and evidence of outcomes.
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Social Democrats of the North: Ernest Winch and Harold Winch
Meet the radical father-son duo who became two of British Columbia’s left-wing pioneers.
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More 16- and 17-year-olds are gaining the right to vote. Could this be coming to Canada?
“We can’t continue to talk about youth as the future and praise them for the value they add to our society but deny them the agency to take direct action and be part of a system that they’re paying into.”
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Social Democrats of the North: League for Social Reconstruction
The League for Social Reconstruction was a group of socialist thinkers, brought together by the crisis of the Great Depression, that laid the intellectual foundations for modern Canadian social democracy.
