Québec’s Pragmatic Utopians
Under its new leadership, Québec solidaire may be able to capture the imaginations of progressive Quebecers ahead of the 2026 general election.
Rights and Democracy
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Social Democrats of the North: Francis Marion Beynon, Feminist Firebrand
Francis Marion Beynon represented early Canadian feminism that fought for the right to vote for women, and laid the groundwork for elected political representation in Manitoba and across early 20th century Canada.
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Social Democrats of the North: Olivar Asselin, The Radical Journalist
Amidst working-class poverty and the upheaval around the First World War, Olivar Asselin emerged as one of Montreal’s most famous journalists who advocated for Quebec’s working poor.
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NDP Leadership Race Should Look to History on How to Change Canada
With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government still 5 seats short of a majority government, working-class Canadians should start asking NDP leadership candidates how they would wield the balance of power.
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On Fascism with Jon Weier
This far-right surge has politically taken the form of fascism: an authoritarian and nationalist political ideology that has undermined democracy around the world. But what is fascism exactly?
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Social Democrats of the North: Médéric Lanctôt, Canada’s First Social Democrat
In this first episode of ‘Social Democrats of the North’ Dave McGrane recounts the life of Médéric Lanctôt — the journalist, politician, and union leader from Montreal, considered to be one of Canada’s first social democrats.
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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.
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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.
