Carney and the Calgary School with Mack Penner
Mark Carney has become the new political face of an ideological orientation that shares his western-Canadian background, but none of his partisan identifications.
Rights and Democracy
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Canada and Europe Need to Build a Firewall Against US Tech Coercion
Europe and Canada can only protect their digital ecosystems against US interference if they start investing in tech sovereignty now.
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Carney and the Calgary School: or, Passive Revolution and Canada’s Social State in the Neoliberal Era
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.
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Ballots Without Barriers: Empowering Unhoused Voters during the 2025 Ontario Election
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.
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A New Democratic Approach for the NDP
There is an opportunity for the New Democratic Party of Canada and its provincial wings to renew their democratic vision, bringing it to the forefront of changing how public policy is made by embracing deeper public learning and deliberation.
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Ed Broadbent’s Lessons for Rebuilding Today’s NDP
The task of the NDP is to find ways to add to, rather than supplant, its traditional working-class base.
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Neighbourhood (Food) Democracy: Supporting Participation of Equity-Denied Groups in Addressing the Issue That Affects Them
A Vancouver study on ‘Neighbourhood Food Democracy’ created place-based opportunities for knowledge co-creation, community empowerment and setting an agenda for social change.
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What Canadians Can Learn from Progressives Across the Americas
Progressive governments in the Global South should show Canadians how to build a vision for a good society, where transformation for the wellbeing of all Canadians is the goal.
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The Rise of End-of-the-World Fascism and Resistance from the Global South
Naomi Klein delivers remarks at the the 2025 Panamerican Congress, explaining the growing threat of end-times fascism.
