Welcome to the May Day edition of the Broadbent Bulletin.
Today, on International Workers’ Day, we fight for dignity, equity, and rights on the job — and we recommit ourselves to carrying that working-class struggle forward.
Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture ft. Grace Blakeley: Last call for Early Bird Tickets!
Join us on Tuesday, May 20 for the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture featuring Grace Blakeley, who brings to Canada a critical analysis of economic systems and neoliberal capitalism. Her work calls for the working-class to take democratic control to truly build a fair and equitable economy. Seats are filling up quickly, so reserve your seat today before Early Bird pricing ends at midnight EDT on Thursday, May 1st!
2025 Progress Summit: Recap
Earlier this month, hundreds gathered in Ottawa for the 2025 Progress Summit: Daring to Take on Today’s Crises, where we brought together organizers, researchers, policy thinkers, and policymakers to confront the crises facing Canada. Watch discussions, debates and keynote speeches from the main stage, now available on the Broadbent Institute’s YouTube Channel. Find key moments from the Summit captured on the Institute’s Flickr Album.
Perspectives Journal no. 3: fighting inflation, understanding capitalism in crisis
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy, No. 3 – Spring 2025 was released at the 2025 Progress Summit and is now available online and in print.
To meet the moment, this issue of Perspectives Journal features articles on fighting inflation and capitalism’s contention with democracy. This issue includes pieces on monopoly power and its relationship to price inflation, how to design price controls, the effects capital has on democratic decision making, the neoliberal consensus that has brought us to this crisis point, and the alternatives Canadians can build to tariff-proof and inflation-proof the economy.
Our newest podcast series Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy also continues this month with conversations that show how Canadians are building a green economy across sectors. Hosted by Nick Pearce of the Green Economy Network, Class & Climate explains how climate action can create good jobs and make life more affordable. Our latest episodes with Lindsay Amundsen of Canada’s Building Trades Unions and Brandon Dyck of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers show where labour is leading the charge in building Canada’s green economy, debunking the myth that workers and the environment are at odds.
Catch up on all this and more at Perspectives Journal.
PressProgress had a busy month of election coverage, from covering this cycle’s bizarre twists and turns to the launch of their interactive candidate story tracker.
Here’s the latest PressProgress original reporting from the last month:
- Conservatives missed all-candidates events at a much higher rate than other major parties
- 5 Strange and Interesting Stories We Didn’t Have Time to Tell You About Before Election Day
- Many of Those Closest to Pierre Poilievre Have Ties to Canada’s Biggest Lobbying Firms
- This Liberal Candidate Claims She Supports ‘Workers’. Labour Leaders Call Her Track Record ‘Disingenuous’.
- Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker
- This Viral Photo of a ‘Liberal Boomer’ is Missing Context. He Was Being Harassed by Far-Right Activists.
- Spammers Are Flooding TikTok with Pro-Conservative Content
- University Teachers’ Association Warns Canadian Academics Against Travelling to the United States
- Podcast – Meet the Corporate Lobbyists Connected to Pierre Poilievre and his Inner-Circle
- News Interactive – Introducing the 2025 Candidate Story Map
- Conservatives Claim ‘Do You Believe the Polls?’ Group is a ‘False Flag’ PsyOp Run by the Liberals and Doug Ford
- As Pierre Poilievre Tanks in the Polls, Disgruntled Conservatives are Floating the Idea of Alberta Joining the United States
- Hundreds of People Protested Outside Conservative Candidate Andrew Lawton’s Office. Here’s Why Local Voters are Speaking Out.
- Canadian Labour Unions are Calling On the Government to Protect Workers From Trump’s Tariff War. Here’s Where Parties Stand on EI.
- Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers
- In translation – A New Bill in Québec Could Create an ‘Exception’ to Every Worker’s Right to Strike (Originally published in French by Pivot)
That’s all for this May Day 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.