Sadiq S. Adatia CFA, FSA, FCIA is a bright man. He is currently the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for BMO Global Asset Management , and he’s responsible for overall investment…
As has become my custom I have once again surveyed anotherbatch of leadership candidates running to lead a party. This time its the NDP. The last time they were surveyed…
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
Source: Tony McQuail's campaign page The second NDP leadership candidate to get back to me is Tony McQuail. Tony is advocating for a merger between the NDP and the Green…
Readers may have noted that I've set up a reference page for the 2026 NDP leadership election, which will be updated with both reference information and my own posts on…
Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) long ago abandoned the radical roots of its founding ancestor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation which, famously, pledged in 1933 that “No CCF Government will rest…
Assorted content to end your week.- Toby Buckle writes about the role of reactionary centrists in greasing the skids toward fascism, while Owen Jones discusses how that process is playing…
Source: Yves Engler's Campaign Page The NDP leadership race is going to be a long one with it not set toconclude until 2026. Even so thereare two candidates alreadydeclared. As…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Adam King discusses how the income gap in Canada has reached more extreme levels than ever before. And Henry Farrell writes about the reality…
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
The quick answer is likely not; while the long-winded one is that our history says otherwise. In 1984, if you are as old as I, you may know that the…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jonathan Last writes about the perfect storm in which economic, financial and constitutional crises - all originating from the deliberate choices of the…
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…
Miscellaneous material for your election day reading.- David Moscrop discusses the dangers of allowing the Libs to claim the mantle of "left" while under corporate control. Martin Lukacs warns that…
Assorted content to end your week.- Jill Lawrence discusses how the Trump regime's combination of corruption, greed and poor judgment is tearing the concept of the heroic tycoon to shreds.…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adrienne Lafrance discusses how the clock is ticking - but not quite yet run out - to check Donald Trump's assertion of absolute…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Matthew Yglesias implores the business sector which is increasingly recognizing the danger of Donald Trump's trade policy to notice that the balance of…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jason Sattler rightly notes that by the time Donald Trump is removed from power in the U.S., there's going to be no meaningful…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Gil Duran examines the false claim of an "emergency" underlying Donald Trump's tariff manipulations - along with the dangers of allowing a dictator…
