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On his first visit to Quebec outside Montreal, Singh had to answer tough questions not only on his turban, but also on separation.

Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet claims that Jagmeet Singh's NDP leadership campaign signifies we must now confront not only the religious right, but also the new and scary religious left.

British Columbia's unions are hopeful for increases to minimum wage and improved workers' rights with John Horgan's NDP-Green coalition government.

It has been a long time since the Canadian labour movement has had the opportunity to applaud the actions of a Canadian federal government. And yet recently the Canadian Labour Congress did just that.

NDP leadership candidates reinforced their commitment to workers and the labour movement at a debate hosted by the United Steelworkers in Toronto on Thursday night.

Is the Trudeau government merely Harper-lite or is it a beacon of democratic, humanistic internationalism? Based on its record this past year, and at the mid point in its mandate, it is neither.

A year ago, the Trudeau Liberals were still new to power, and yet they seemed to be slipping into the arrogant habits for which they had fervently criticized their Conservative predecessors.

Tom Pitfield, a childhood friend of Trudeau's and a former IBM innovation expert, went through a top 10 Buzzfeed-like list of What He Learned from the Election Campaign.

On May 19, Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke joins educators and activists to speak to the theme of Canada: A Different Story at the fourth annual Tommy Douglas Institute.

The NDP and Liberals have both promised to repeal the Conservatives' 2012 EI changes. Can they actually do it? And where do the other parties stand?

Will 2015 be the last first-past-the-post election in Canada? It could be. Here's how.

If Trudeau wants to remain a strong player in the election, trying to out-progressive Mulcair is a losing strategy. The Liberals need to start making commitments and stop flip-flopping on others.

Since 1970, each generation has participated less in the democratic process. Has this got us where we are today? Something's gotta give.

The nine-month-long investigation into the problem of radicalization and violent extremism in Canada unsurprisingly exemplifies the problems with the Conservatives' approach to counterterrorism.

It is not clear what a new economy for Greece will look like. But it is clear that Greece has rejected the austerity policies of the old in favour of the new.

Greece voted overwhelmingly against the imposition of further austerity. Now it's time the 'No' be invested into a 'Yes' for proper resolution.