Rights & Democracy
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Reinforcing Hunters and Trappers Organizations (HTOs): Supporting Arctic Sovereignty through Social Infrastructure
This report examines the vital role that Hunter and Trappers Organizations (HTOs) play as social infrastructure that helps secure sovereignty and prosperity for Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic.
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For Democracy and Peace in the Western Hemisphere
In a powerful address to the Canadian House of Commons on October 27, 1983, New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent fiercely condemned America’s invasion of Grenada.
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MPs Join Panamerican Leaders Defending International Law Against US Aggression
A clear indication of cross-border solidarity, the Panamerican Declaration was signed by parliamentary leaders from across Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Uruguay. Together, the alliance of…
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Against the Odds: Lessons from Grassroots Organizers
Broadbent Institute Executive Director Jen Hassum spoke with grassroots organizers from New York City, Toronto and Manitoba about progressive victories won through grassroots organizing.
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Panamerican Parliamentary Leaders United Against Return of Monroe Doctrine
35 legislators from nine countries, including government officials from Canada, Brazil, and Chile, sign a historic declaration in defense of sovereignty and against the “hemispheric coercion” of the Donald Trump…
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“The old order is not coming back.” Social democracy can show the way forward.
Mark Carney’s speech cannot mask the continuation of neoliberalism that plagued the old order.
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Joining Progressive Think Tanks and Governments in Defense of Democracy
Alongside the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the Broadbent Institute joined counterpart progressive think tanks from Chile, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Mexico to build a…
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One Hundred Years of Progressive Influence: Social Democracy in Canada
The Broadbent Institute was proud to contribute to the Canadian volume of the Next Left Country Case Study series, published by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).
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Defending Workers Rights, Public Services, and Canadian Democracy
Jen Hassum and Luke LeBrun call to defend workers rights and defend Canadian democracy against Trump’s aggression.
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Broadbent Institute Signs Letter to the Prime Minister Concerning Canada’s Digital Sovereignty
We join dozens of organizations and individuals across Canada in an open letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, urging him to make digital sovereignty a top priority for Canada.
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Broadbent Bulletin – September 2025
Welcome to the September edition of the Broadbent Bulletin.
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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.