Welcome to the August edition of the Broadbent Bulletin.
Executive Director Jen Hassum continued building ties with progressive allies at the 2025 Panamerican Congress held July 31st to August 3rd in Mexico City, meeting with Mexican president Claudia Sheibaum, connecting Canadian progressive legislators with their counterparts across the Americas, and speaking at the Mexican Senate on strategies for lasting equality among people from Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego.
Above – From L to R: Jen Hassum, MP Leah Gazan, MP Salma Zahid, Charlie Angus, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, MP Michael Coteau, MP Lori Idlout, MP Nate Erskine-Smith, and Interim NDP Leader Don Davies.
Right – Clockwise from Top L: The Canadian delegation at the closing ceremonies; the Canadian delegation at the 2025 Panamerican Congress; Jen Hassum speaking with US Rep. Summer Lee (D); Jen Hassum speaking with Mexican Senator Celeste Ascencio (Morena).
Job Posting: National Convenor (Green Economy Network)
The Green Economy Network, a coalition of labour, environmental, and social justice organizations working to build a green economy in Canada, is hiring a National Convenor to bring together its members for collaborative advancement of our organizational goals.
You can read more about the job posting here and send expressions of interest (resume and cover letter) to convenor@greeneconomynet.ca by August 21, 2025 at 3pm ET/12pm PT.
Making the Good Society
This month we published two new episodes of Making the Good Society, our original video series where we ask progressive leaders and thinkers about their vision for a good society that is humane, just, and democratic.
In Standing Up for Democracy with Matthias Ecke, the German Social Democrat and Member of the European Parliament, explains what’s at stake as the far-right surges in Germany and across the globe.
And in Tenant Rights and Union Power with Sharlene Henry, the co-chair of York South-Weston Tenant Union connects labour and tenant struggles, and explains why union solidarity is central to winning affordable housing.
What’s New in Perspectives Journal
This month in Perspectives Journal, we published conversations and op-eds on the big ideas shaping our political moment.
On the Perspectives Journal podcast we shared Naomi Klein’s address to the 2025 Panamerican Congress, The Rise of End-of-the-World Fascism and Resistance from the Global South.
Other new episodes of the Perspectives Journal podcast include:
- Canada’s Tax Haven Dilemma Jared Walker why cracking down on tax havens would be a boon to public services—and why austerity is a choice, not a necessity.
- Carney’s Cuts Economist Angella MacEwen explains what’s really behind Mark Carney’s call for “efficiency” and why these cuts are anything but necessary.
- Activists Make History Sandy Hudson joins Peggy Nash to talk about the founding of Black Lives Matter – Toronto and her new book, Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All.
New op-eds this month show where care and justice collide. In Death, Taxes, and Building Canada’s Social Infrastructure, Broadbent Fellow Danyaal Raza reminds us that taxes aren’t just inevitable—they’re essential to a healthier, fairer country. And in Economic Liberation: A Gender-Based Case for Basic Income, Alexandra Ages and Parul Kanwar show how a basic income guarantee could be a lifeline for women trapped in cycles of violence and precarity.
Read more and listen now at perspectivesjournal.ca
PressProgress delivered more hard-hitting reporting this month, covering a major win for disability advocates in BC, the new direction of the far-right in Alberta, and much more from across the country. Their award-winning newsletter Shift Work also returned, with a special message from former labour reporter Emily Leedham and a roundup of the latest in Canadian labour news. Click here to read that newsletter and subscribe to PressProgress to never miss a story.
Here’s the latest PressProgress original reporting from the last month:
- How Doug Ford Plans to Dismantle Ontario’s Most Popular Provincial Park
- The Albertans Counting on America to Help Break Apart Canada
- Human Rights Tribunal Affirms Immunocompromised Worker’s Right to Seek Workplace Accommodations
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More Babies
- Alberta Health Care in Staffing Turmoil Following Premier Smith’s Reforms, Says New Report
- Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
- Interview – When Metrolinx Hooked Up with European Rail Experts, the Result Was a “Slow-motion Train Wreck”
That’s all for this August edition Broadbent Bulletin. Thank you for following our work to advance a just and equitable world, and stay tuned for other updates and announcements from the Broadbent Institute. Consider supporting the Broadbent Institute, sharing this Bulletin with your friends and family, and subscribing if you haven’t done so already.