This is a clip from Off the Hill: Election year in Canada, featuring NDP MP Niki Ashton, writer and activist Judy Haiven, economists Jim Stanford and Stuart Trew and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg from Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Hosted by Robin Browne.
About our guests
Niki Ashton is NDP Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba.
Stuart Trew is a senior researcher at the CCPA National Office and the past editor of the CCPA Monitor. He is director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project.
Jim Stanford is an economist and the director of the Centre for Future Work, a labour economics research institute with operations in Canada and Australia.
Karl Nerenberg is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and filmmaker, working in both English and French languages. He is rabble’s senior parliamentary reporter.
Judy Haiven is a former professor of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She retired to become a volunteer human rights activist and writer. She is a founder of Equity Watch, a nonprofit organization that fights bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workplace. A founding member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada, Judy supports the struggle to end Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Her social justice newsletter, Another Ruined Dinner Party, is available for free on Substack.
About Off the Hill
Since 2019, Off the Hill has been rabble.ca’s live political panel. Through this series, we break down important national and international news stories through a progressive lens.
This webinar series invites a rotating roster of guest activists, politicians, researchers and more to discuss how to mobilize and bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off Parliament Hill. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.
