Heather McPherson has launched her careers platform; you can read it here. So there are three major components: Overall the thinking behind the proposal is good, in the sense that the major problem facing young people is the opportunity to develop skills and connections that integrate them into a working community they can rely on…
I stand fully behind these comments (quoted in full below). I don’t care that they don’t identify anyone specifically (and if you think it’s your candidate that is being criticized, I think you should be questioning your candidate). A number of people are interpreting the statement as saying ” the next NDP leader should do…
The Waffle Manifesto: https://www.socialisthistory.ca/Docs/Waffle/WaffleManifesto.htm Two key points that are often in opposition to each other: – “socialists must strive for democracy at those levels that most directly affect us all — in our neighborhoods, our schools, and our places of work. Tenants’ unions, consumers’ and producers’ cooperatives are examples” – “extensive public control over investment…
I don’t think government-owned grocery stores, housing and telcos are a good response, not that I have any objection to so-called government intervention, but because they don’t put ownership of these essential public services into the hands of the people. It’s just far too easy for a non-socialist government to take power and undercut or…
What is there’s no democratic road to socialism? Now I want to be clear here about what I mean by this: – by ‘socialism’ I mean a society defined by social values, as opposed to the all-encompassing definition of society by capital. In my previous post, I suggested: mechanisms such as defining some things as being…
What would it take to go from reforms within the capitalist system to a democratic socialist society? That’s a much tougher question than it may seem at first glance. The ‘capitalist system’ is based essentially on the idea that we can earn income through ownership, and not through labour alone. With no effective limits on…
Just this: “Canada’s vulnerability to Trump’s policies has been exacerbated by past policies which reinforced a structurally subservient role within the North American economy. They pigeon-holed Canada as a supplier of resources, and a ready market for more advanced U.S.-produced products and services. Canada’s response to Trump, therefore, must take account of that structural vulnerability,…
A good post from MenonRRR, which I reproduce in its entirety, in response to MikePalecek’s Substack: A long time NDP member. Here are my suggestions: Here is my response: Overall (also as a longtime NDP member) I agree with these, but I have some comments. First, any position can be co-opted by another party. If…
Is this why the NDP lost? > the party has also had a history of alienating leftist voices I haven’t been involved enough with the party over the years to have alienated any leftists. Quite the contrary, it has seems to me to be the ultra leftists who have been alienating the rest. And these…
I actually made money on what has been misleadingly called the ‘carbon tax’. Specifically, I received more money in carbon pricing rebates than I paid in carbon pricing for energy purchases. This reflects, unsurprisingly, my values: I drive a hybrid car, I use a high-efficiency furnace, and I keep plastics in my home to a…