Even the NDP Has Jettisoned the Left
Rick Salutin says what’s been obvious for some time – the New Democratic Party has ditched the Left in favour of liberalism thus helping the “conservative-lite” Libs help Harper achieve…
Rick Salutin says what’s been obvious for some time – the New Democratic Party has ditched the Left in favour of liberalism thus helping the “conservative-lite” Libs help Harper achieve…
In More Academic Terms
Let’s start my series of NDP leadership candidate profiles with the first to enter the race, and one who’s probably inspired more discussion than any other so far: longtime organizer…
Electronics work best when there are standards to follow. Without standards we wouldn’t have CDs that could be read in any nearly CD-ROM or DVD drive. We wouldn’t have radios…
I’ll add one additional follow-up note from yesterday’s NDP leadership debate. In principle the opportunity for candidates to ask questions of one another looks to have been an ideal chance…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Murray Dobbin comments on how the NDP can turn economic issues from a perceived weakness to one of the party’s core strengths over…
The Conservatives, because of the massive wealth of soundbites gained from the debate which will paint the new NDP leader as wanting to raise taxes, put through a carbon tax,…
Plenty of others have already commented on the NDP’s first leadership debate. But I haven’t yet seen any that line up with my take on yesterday’s chance for candidates to…
NDP leadership candidates in the first leaders debate The first NDP leadership debate was this afternoon, and it would appear from the coverage that the only victor was expediency and…
Watch the federal NDP leadership debate on CPAC or on the NDP website at 2 p.m. Eastern or 11 a.m. Pacific. At anytime, particpate in my rank ballot poll at…
Watch the federal NDP leadership debate on CPAC or on the NDP website at 2 p.m. Eastern or 11 a.m. Pacific. At anytime, particpate in my rank ballot poll at…
Watch the federal NDP leadership debate on CPAC or on the NDP website at 2 p.m. Eastern or 11 a.m. Pacific. At anytime, particpate in my rank ballot poll at…
Watch the federal NDP leadership debate on CPAC or on the NDP website at 2 p.m. Eastern or 11 a.m. Pacific. At anytime, particpate in my rank ballot poll at…
Following up on this morning’s candidate rankings, I’ll add one more general post in advance of this afternoon’s NDP leadership debate. While plenty of media commentary seems to be asking…
Not a lot has changed since last week’s rankings. But with the first NDP leadership debate looming this afternoon, let’s quickly take stock of where the candidates stand – including…
NDP MP Peter Julian I came across this odd nugget of parliamentary protectionism courtesy of iPolitics.ca – Peter Julian, four-time elected NDP MP for Burnaby-New Westminster, has introduced “An act…
Nathan Cullen seems to be finding his niche as the controversy candidate in the federal NDP leadership race. His first idea to hold joint nomination meetings quickly moved him to…
Rabble.ca is running a series of reflections on the tenth anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, which sought to create a more democratic politics in Canada ideally as part of…
This month marks the 10th Anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, a coalition of individuals and organizations that called for the formation of a new and more activist progressive political…