The Golden Age was marked by very strong economic growth and by close to full employment, resulting in steadily rising real wages and the expansion of the fiscal base needed to finance the growing welfare state.
By the inter-war period, social democracy had emerged in Canada as a more or less coherent ideological and political force.
Social democracy was not only about the welfare state and public services and expanding social rights, but also about regulated capitalism, economic democracy, or even transcendence of capitalism as an economic system.
En adoptant le Projet de loi C-58, le Parlement a une occasion historique de faire progresser les droits des travailleurs et d’améliorer les relations de travail dans les lieux de travail sous réglementation fédérale.
By adopting Bill C-58, Parliament has a historic opportunity to advance workers’ rights and improve labour relations in federally-regulated workplaces.
What if the CCF-NDP’s history as a mass party and a democratic, membership-based movement for a better world is in fact its unique strength in Canadian politics?
Ed Broadbent and his co-authors spoke at the Toronto Reference Library to launch their new book on Canadian social democracy.
Despite the gloomy outlook for the future of journalism, it is still quite possible to access news and opinion independent of social media.
To be humane, societies must be democratic — and, to be democratic, every person must be afforded the economic and social rights necessary for their individual flourishing.
