Social Democrats of the North: École Sociale Populaire
Learn about the unique Catholic roots of Quebec’s social democratic tradition.
Learn about the unique Catholic roots of Quebec’s social democratic tradition.

Meet the radical father-son duo who became two of British Columbia’s left-wing pioneers.

The League for Social Reconstruction was a group of socialist thinkers, brought together by the crisis of the Great Depression, that laid the intellectual foundations for modern Canadian social democracy.

The NDP’s ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.

With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government still a few seats short of a majority government, working-class Canadians should start asking NDP leadership candidates how they would wield the balance of power.

The prolific satirist-turned-labour-leader penned the first full account of working-class struggles in 19th century Canada.


