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Shifting Borders: Canadian Attitudes Towards Immigration
Understanding the nature of Canadians’ changing attitudes, the nuances behind them, and the causes behind the shift is critical to reversing the trend and bolstering confidence in Canada’s immigration system.
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Perspectives Journal No. 3 — Spring 2025
Amid this nationalist fervour is a desire to protect Canadian institutions such as public healthcare — a profoundly distinct and equalizing system that has insulated the Canadian working-class from the…
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Bridging the Transition: Labour Mobility and Workforce Adaptation in Canada’s Just Transition
This report examines labour mobility within Canada’s high-emission sectors using economic data and statistical methodologies to assess the effectiveness of current policies and identify areas for improvement.
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Ed’s Vision for a Canada Free from Child Poverty
"The Prime Minister said this fall that our goal for social programs must be those that 'bring us both peace of mind and pride in citizenship.' I agree. All Canadians…
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A Radically Democratic Free Speech
The guiding ideal of Ed Broadbent’s public life was that liberal rights like freedom of speech and freedom of expression are necessary but insufficient guarantors of democratic equality.
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Industrial Democracy: A Proposal for Action
The trade unions are such a progressive force; their victories over the irresponsible concentration of power in our economic system belong to all Canadians. We must, therefore, support the trade…
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“For All Mankind”: Address to the 1978 Socialist International Congress
As modern socialists we accept with pride and determination our historic and continuing struggle for liberty and equality, not simply for ourselves but for all mankind.
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The Socialist Challenge and Beyond
“Our socialist challenge is to tackle what I have called the economic question. This fundamental question is about economic power, and who will wield it. It is about our national…
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Canadian Socialism Against US Domination
In 1967, responding to an open letter calling for an alliance of socialists and liberals to address growing American encroachment in Canada , Ed Broadbent argued forcefully that the two…
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Perspectives Journal No. 2 — Autumn 2024
The ghosts that Perspectives Journal tries to exorcize are the spirits of neoliberal capitalism that continue to haunt Canadian social democrats.
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Perspectives Journal No. 1 — Spring 2024
This initial release of the Perspectives Journal sets up the arena for debate among the progressive left of ideas and their applications for a more equal and just Canada.
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Dreams and Realities on the Home Front: Canadians’ Call for Government Action on Housing Affordability
Overall, a strong majority of respondents from both the BC Lower Mainland and the GTHA want to see the federal government get back into building housing (80%), with 41% wanting…