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Born in Victoria B.C. in 1944, Duncan now lives in Vancouver. Following graduation from the University of Alberta he joined the Department of Finance (Ottawa) in 1966 and was financial advisor to the Canadian Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly in 1967. After working at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), he went on to complete a doctorate from the University of Paris I (Paris-Sorbonne) in 1976. Duncan is an adjunct professor of political science at Simon Fraser University, a director of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University in Montreal, and a research fellow of the Centre for Global Political Economy at SFU. He was a member of the political science department at the University of Ottawa from 1975 until 2004.He is the author, co-author, editor or coeditor of 11 books including Ethics and Economics (with Gregory Baum), The Other Macdonald Report (with Daniel Drache), The Free Trade Papers, The Free Trade Deal, Canada Under Free Trade (with Mel Watkins) and Constitutional Politics (with Miriam Smith).

The attempt to undermine the NDP's acting leader

Jack Layton, Nycole Turmel, and Olivia Chow during the federal election campaign in April 2011. Photo: Nycole Turmel/flickr
Conservative lines of attack against the NDP continue...

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The economy excuse that tears at Canada

NDP leader Jack Layton during the filibuster against back-to-work legislation being imposed on postal workers.
The NDP's parliamentary debate instigated last weekend leads to a wider debate. Whose economy is it? What is the economy for? How do we improve economic well-being? Conservatives want to avoid this.

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The NDP convention gives a taste of the future

NDP leader Jack Layton, flanked by some of his 103 MPs, addresses the NDP Convention in Vancouver. Photo: Kim Elliott
The NDP now offer a big orange tent to to welcome dissatisfied Canadian voters.

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An axe to grind against the civil service

Bring on the axe: Despite their mutual antipathy, Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper are two peas in a pod when it comes wanting to diminish the federal public service and reduce its capacity to deliver to Canadians. Photo: Oravino/Flickr
Canada's public servants on the chopping block.

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How Jack Layton's NDP won Quebec

The NDP won 59 of 75 seats in Quebec the old-fashioned way, on television. A first (and then a second) appearance by Jack Layton on the Sunday night talk show Everyone is Talking About It (Tout Le Monde En Parle) which draws Stanley Cup Final size audiences every week of its season, ignited terrific interest in the party.

Quebec television features home grown cultural expression; most people in the province watch Radio-Canada, Radio-Quebec, and the French language commercial channels.

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A third new Liberal leader pending, but the same old problems

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After the election: Time for democratic action

Jack Layton at Monday's post-election rally. Photo: Yee-Guan Wong
Canada has fallen into the hands of Harper majority government. It is hard to imagine a worse outcome for the 2011 election, but we must act from now for the future.

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