What is social democracy?
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.
Rights and Democracy
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Soutenez l’interdiction fédérale de recourir à des travailleurs de remplacement : lettre ouverte concernant le Projet de loi C-58
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.
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Support Federal Ban on Replacement Workers: Open Letter Concerning Bill C-58
By adopting Bill C-58, Parliament has a historic opportunity to advance workers’ rights and improve labour relations in federally-regulated workplaces.
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Embers of the Mass Party: Membership and Democracy
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?
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Seeking Social Democracy Live: Ed Broadbent, Frances Abele, Jonathan Sas and Luke Savage
Ed Broadbent and his co-authors spoke at the Toronto Reference Library to launch their new book on Canadian social democracy.
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News and Analysis for Informing a Progressive Perspective in the Age of Bill C-18
Despite the gloomy outlook for the future of journalism, it is still quite possible to access news and opinion independent of social media.
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Social Democracy without Borders and the Good Society
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.
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Welcome to Perspectives: a Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Perspectives is a new space for the Canadian progressive left to build on the ideas of political economy, governance and working-class political strategy.
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Seeking Social Democracy: An Interview with Ed Broadbent
“Coming back to the commitment by the state, instead, I say, we need an expansion of the role of the state through decommodification. This will lead to the real freedom of more citizens, in a way that simple political and civil rights cannot.”
