Canada’s NDP backs American Empire
Hélène Laverdière, MP Laurier—Sainte-Marie (NDP) • Photo by Alain Décarie Does the NDP consistently support a foreign policy that benefits ordinary people around the world? Or does the social democratic…
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NDP Leadership Candidate Niki Ashton Supports Palestinian Rights
Photo by Matt Jiggins Sometimes silence in politics speaks louder than words. Israel lobby groups’ response (or lack thereof) to NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton’s recent support of Palestinian rights…
Where One Canadian Mining Company Goes, Violence Follows
Banro Corporation’s gold mine in Twangiza, Democratic Republic of the Congo • Photo by SKY News Where one Canadian mining company goes in the Congo violence seems to follow. Last…
Corrupt Canadian Banking Practices
Photo from Public Domain A recent photo in French daily Liberation hints at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s role in facilitating tax avoidance, which is partly an outgrowth of…
Why Aren’t Corporations Required to be Socially Responsible?
Photo by Mendoza Post Imagine if a corporation had to justify its existence beyond making money for capitalists. What would happen if a social balance sheet, as well as financial…
Canada’s Effort to suppress “Popular Protests” against Israeli Occupation
Photo by Chris Wattie/Reuters The Canadian media has mostly ignored recent Palestinian efforts to non-violently disrupt a half-century old occupation. They’ve barely reported on a prisoners’ hunger strike and associated…
Canada and the pirates of the Caribbean
1830 watercolour from Barbados Perhaps a new rule is in order: Everyone must take a history lesson before seeking some fun in the sun. Recently, NDP Member of Parliament Erin…
Toronto’s Jewish Defence League is a far right group with powerful friends
Photo from Jewish Defence League Canada Blog We live in strange and dangerous times. While Toronto thugs export their violence and extremist ideology to the U.S.A. and the Jewish Defence…
Trudeau’s Oil Views Spur African Famine
Photo by Feed My Starving Children Today the lives of over 10 million people in the Horn of Africa are at risk due to a drought at least partly caused…
Canada complicit in crafting colonial policies for Palestine
Children playing in Bethlehem • Photo by Dawei Ding The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a crass expression of colonial thought that Canada helped realize.…
Will Conservative Party Quackery or NDP Principle determine Canada’s Palestine Policy
Photo by Gigi Ibrahim The Conservative party leadership campaign has unleashed pro-Israel quackery, but it is the NDP race that could have greater impact on Canada’s Palestine policy. Aping Donald…
The Munk School of Global Affairs and University Propaganda
Photo by SimonP Next week the Fraser Institute’s newly established Peter Munk Centre for Free Enterprise will offer a day long “Introduction to Economic Reasoning” seminar for Grade 10-12 students…
Anti-Palestine Media Bias Remains Untouchable Even to Canada’s Media Critics
Photo by Montecruz Foto Media coverage of world affairs mostly focuses on Ottawa/Washington’s perspective. While the dominant media is blatant in its subservience to Canadian/Western power, even independent media is…
Elizabeth May Threatens to Resign Over Green Party’s Support of BDS
Photo by Laurel L. Russwurm Elizabeth May’s response to Green Party members voting to oppose Canadian support for Israeli colonialism has been wildly anti-democratic. She has not simply disagreed with…
Opposing the Discrimination of the JNF
Photo by Ethan Ableman Imagine during Jim Crow a Canadian political party polled its members about pressing Ottawa to stop subsidizing US racism only to be smeared by an organization…
Campaign to revoke the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s Charitable Status
Photo by zeevveez The campaign to revoke the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s charitable status is growing. In recent weeks it’s gained an important political endorsement, high profile intellectual backing…
Garda: Canada’s “Blackwater”
Photo by Jeangagnon Last week students at L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) disrupted a board meeting after learning administrators planned to sign a $50 million, seven-year, contract with security…
Manitoba Hydro’s privatization of Nigeria’s power grid would be illegal in home province
Photo from Public Domain It’s the black eye few Manitobans knew they had. “Senate Passes Motions on Unwholesome Practices by Manitoba Hydro Limited,” read one recent Nigerian press headline wh...
Canadian Mining Abuses in Africa
Photo by Alexandra Pugachevsky Two weeks ago police shot and killed an individual at Pacific Wildcat Resources tantalum mine in central Mozambique. The incident received some attention in Canada because…
The “N” in NDP Now Stands for Neoliberal
Photo by Laurel L. Russwurm This past week may come to be seen as a watershed moment in the NDP’s capitulation to neoliberal capitalism. The nominally social democratic party effectively…