News
Karl Nerenberg
| The purpose of the NDP's pharmacare bill was to advance a process to which the Trudeau government claims it is fully committed. And yet the governing Liberals voted against it. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| Prior to the pandemic, Justin Trudeau was trying to make the Canadian federation work by encouraging provincial autonomy. But the "leave it to the provinces" policy is not working. |
Blog
Yves Engler
| The Canadian government is a big supporter of corporate power and imperialism in global affairs. The good news is that the pushers of an unjust world order do not always get their way. |
Columnists
Linda McQuaig
| The precariousness of the global vaccine supply points to how immoral it is that the pharmaceutical industry has such sweeping life-and-death power, even in the midst of a catastrophic pandemic. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| Canada has no governor general, for the time being at least. Does anyone care? Should anyone care? |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| The choice for the Liberals is clear: follow the traditional advice of big business and limit spending through austerity, or aim at maximum employment, and reap the budgetary fruit. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| The Public Health Agency of Canada has been struggling to fulfill its role since the onset of the pandemic. That's the shocking conclusion of an internal federal government review. |
Blog
Yves Engler
| Activists will mark a high this week when the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons enters into force. Why has the Trudeau government not signed the treaty? |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has suggested the government list the far-right group Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders agree that it's a good idea. But is it? |
Columnists
Matthew Behrens
| The last three weeks of 58-year-old single mother and abuse survivor Michele M's life were spent on the run from a multi-generational history of male violence against women and children. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| On three big issues that any government faces, the Trudeau government was weak: it neglected official languages questions; misplayed Canada-U.S. relations; and bungled federal-provincial relations. |
Columnists
Brent Patterson
| Removing portraits of French President Emmanuel Macron was an inspiring way for activists to "take him down" for failing on climate justice. |