Podcast
Building a movement against budget cuts in Saskatchewan
Scott Neigh | JoAnn Jaffe and Peter Garden talk about the organization Stop the Cuts and about the anti-austerity fightback in Saskatchewan.
News
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The first step to a progressive government in Canada: Take away the Liberals' majority
Dru Oja Jay | Building strong social movements -- and campaigning for a Liberal minority government in 2019 -- could be progressives' best chance at building a better Canada.
Blog
Trust and confidence: Post-election co-operation in Parliament
Max Cameron | Parliamentary systems of government are uniquely well suited to ensuring that stable governments are formed even when no party wins a majority of seats in Parliament.
News
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Beware of how Harper interprets the rules of the game
Karl Nerenberg | Stephen Harper told CBC's Peter Mansbridge that he thinks he 'wins' the election if he gets the most seats. That is pure humbug.
News
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Are worries about Harper slipping back into power exaggerated?
Karl Nerenberg | A great many Canadians are highly fearful that 'vote-splitting' will allow Harper to slip back into power. How legitimate is that fear? It may be overblown.
Blog
The Coalition Babadook
Scott Vrooman | Nearly half of all Canadians think coalition governments are inappropriate. In other words, nearly half of all Canadians don’t know how parliamentary democracies are meant to work.
Columnists
Trudeau says yes to Liberal-Conservative silent partnership
Duncan Cameron | The fact is clear: turn down one coalition partner, the door opens to another. When the Liberals reject the NDP, they embrace Conservatives.
News
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Trudeau now says he 'trusts Canadians' and they are truly grateful
Karl Nerenberg | Trudeau's prevarications on 'coalition' provided a disquieting insight into the Liberal leader's thinking, or lack thereof. The election results will determine whether a coalition is on or off.
Columnists
Which will the NDP put first: Party or country?
Murray Dobbin | It is obvious to all progressive Canadians that if either the Liberals or the Conservatives win a majority the country is in deep trouble. How can the NDP distinguish itself in election 2015?
Blog
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To prevent the unthinkable, the NDP and Liberals must cooperate
Gerry Caplan | Don't think, after a lifetime of deep attachment to the NDP, it doesn't kill me to write these words. But anything else is a recipe for continued Conservative rule.
Blog
What would a coalition government mean for progressive politics in Canada?
Brent Patterson | While the federal election is still ten months away, there is already speculation that a likely outcome of the vote on October 19, 2015 is a Conservative minority government that could be displaced by
Blog
Preparing for a coalition government debate
Brent Patterson | Could the outcome of the October 2015 federal election be a minority parliament where the issue of a coalition government becomes the key political question?