Editorial – Summer 2025
Canadian progressives need to hold fast against a Carney government propped up by approval ratings that reflect the public sentiment that “things could be worse” as they become increasingly worse.
Canadian progressives need to hold fast against a Carney government propped up by approval ratings that reflect the public sentiment that “things could be worse” as they become increasingly worse.
Canada’s ruling Liberals have managed to forge a path for a politics of containment that fends off the right by incorporating some of its demands and making those demands more widely palatable.
The second Trump administration’s attacks on the welfare state go beyond deregulation: the goal is to obliterate it.
Rebuilding labour’s bargaining power, restoring the wage–productivity link, and redirecting investment toward long-term public goals are essential to improving Canada’s economic performance.
The return of industrial policy has come with a resurgence in critical attention to the meaning of state capacity, not just as a barometer of state success but even as a barometer of state legitimacy.
Where governments deny homelessness exists, researchers and advocates need to guide the changes and make the right to adequate housing a reality.
Despite legislative guarantees under the Canada Elections Act, practical barriers continue to hold one of the country’s most marginalized populations back from political participation.
The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Grace Blakeley, illustrating why neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and why we must organize to take back democratic power for the working-class.