Québec election shows urgent need for electoral reform across Canada
During the recent Québec provincial election, the Parti Québécois (PQ) won only 28 percent of the vote but came just a handful of seats short of controlling the National Assembly.…
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Carney’s airport privatization is a looming disaster: ‘Highway 407 of the skies’
Mark Carney took another giant step in his right-wing crusade Tuesday, announcing a plan to effectively privatize four of Canada’s largest airports in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver and Calgary. L...
‘I come from the shop floor’: Rob Ashton wants to rebuild the NDP from the working class up
NDP leadership hopeful Rob Ashton on the picket line with striking Ontario nurses. Photo courtesy Rob Ashton/X. For years, critics inside and outside the New Democratic Party have warned that…
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’: Avi Lewis on rebuilding Canada’s public services
Filmmaker, broadcaster, and activist Avi Lewis is running for NDP leader, campaigning on public ownership, stronger public services, and economic sovereignty. Photo courtesy Avi Lewis/X. Avi Lew...
Carney promised resistance and delivered retreat
Mark Carney rode anti-Trump rhetoric to power, only to cave to corporate interests, adopt MAGA-lite policies, and betray the very voters who put him in office, writes Christo Aivalis. Photo…
Mark Carney is already betraying the voters who made him PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney after his cabinet was sworn in, May 13, 2025. Photo courtesy Mark Carney/X. Mark Carney’s Liberals scored an election victory just a couple of weeks ago,…
A leftist’s guide to strategic voting
Photo by A Disappearing Act/Flickr The federal election debates are over, and one narrative is emerging among leading polling aggregators and pundits: Mark Carney...
The NDP must fulfill Justin Trudeau’s broken promise on electoral reform
Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo by Jeanne18/Wikimedia Commons. The Justin Trudeau era of Canadian politics is over. Accordingly, Canadians are appraising the achievements and failures of his ti...
Liberal-NDP cooperation deal leaves many questions, and opportunities for progress
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. Photos courtesy Canadian Press. On Tuesday morning, it was announced the Liberal Party and the NDP had reached a supply and…
The election everyone lost
In many ways, every single party—along with the Canadian electorate—lost this disappointing election, writes Canadian Dimension columnist Christo Aivalis. Photo from Twitter. The 2021 Canadian federal election is over, and…
Just watch him: Jagmeet Singh takes on the rich to build a better Canada
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh before the English federal leaders debate, September 9, 2021. Photo from Twitter. Jagmeet Singh and the NDP have come out with a bold costed platform that…
How Jagmeet Singh and the NDP can stunt the Liberals’ majority hopes
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh with ONDP MPP Sol Mamakwa. Photo from Twitter. While it’s been clear for a while now that Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party have been itching…
Jenica Atwin’s floor-crossing puts Green Party on death’s door
What would be best for Canada—and for progressive voters in particular—would be for the Green Party to fade off into the sunset, writes Christo Aivalis. Image by Canadian Dimension. Yesterday,…
Canada’s genocidal past and present exposed with mass Indigenous child grave
The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former Kamloops residential school reveals Canada’s genocidal past and present, writes Christo Aivalis. Image by Canadian Dimension. 215 Indigenous children…
Avi Lewis brings bold Green New Deal vision to NDP campaign
Fillmmaker and Leap co-founder Avi Lewis is running for the NDP in the next federal election. He secured the nomination for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in late May.…
Trudeau and Biden continue support for Israeli apartheid despite public pressure
Justin Trudeau meets with his Israeli counterpart for the first time as prime minister during a side meeting at climate change talks in Paris, November 30, 2015. Photo from Twitter.…
NDP takes major turn by condemning Israeli attacks on Palestine
Palestinians walk through rubble after Israeli forces struck the Al-Yazji building in the Gaza Strip overnight, Monday, November 13, 2018. Photo by Mohammed Asad. The world is watching as Israel…
Ford and Trudeau are sacrificing workers to protect corporate profits
Despite their enormous power and influence, writes Christo Aivalis, Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau have chosen to sacrifice workers and trample on their rights when they need help the most.…
Liberal budget fails to meet the crises facing Canadians
According to CD columnist Christo Aivalis, the 2021 federal budget contains some decent elements, but its flaws and omissions are too significant to be ignored. Photo from Twitter. Yesterday’s 2021…
Doug Ford is killing Ontarians and violating their civil rights
Image by Canadian Dimension. On Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new restrictions in Ontario’s fight against COVID-19. But let’s not mince words: the premier’s approach will do nothing…