The Province of Northern Ontario
George Orwell warned us. Somehow he knew that the future would be marked by the use of words that mean one thing but that mean another. In many ways, it should have been inconceivable (I don’t think it...
View ArticleSurvey says: The ONDP is out of ideas
It’s surprisingly hard to find photos of Horwath speaking at rallies. What is up with the Ontario NDP? During the last election, rather than offering Ontarians a vision for the province that was a real...
View ArticleWho can save the Ontario political left?
This past weekend, Québec Solidaire’s econmic platform, the Plan Vert was officially launched. The campaign is a response to Liberal (and now PQ) Plan Nord, premised on resource extraction and...
View ArticleFrom Orange Wave to Third Way: Speech delivered at Marxism 2013 in Toronto
As a populist party that has seemingly abandoned its base in the drive for Liberal and even Conservative supporters, it’s hard to imagine the NDP fulfilling the roles that most activists or...
View ArticleOntario NDP given chance to pull the Liberals left
Peggy Sattler, middle, won in London during the August 1 Ontario byelection Voters delivered a clear message: out with the Liberals, down with the PCs. The NDP won two of the five liberal ridings up...
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