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From the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike to the birth of the CCF in 1932, J.S. Woodsworth was a pioneer of Canadian social democracy, advancing the workers' cause across the country.

Listen to 'Social Democrats of the North,' a Perspectives Journal podcast series: perspectivesjournal.ca/js-woodsworth/

A magazine-style header titled ‘Newfoundland’s First Mass Party,’ dated December 5, 2025, with byline ‘David Coaker’ and the section label ‘Analysis | Rights & Democracy.’ Below, an illustrated teal flag shows a large red-and-cream letter ‘U’ with a fish across its center and the initials ‘F.P.U.’ underneath.

"The transformative program of the FPU heightened economic power and instilled a community pride in towns across Newfoundland [...] inspiring hope for a better future and way of life for Newfoundland’s working-class fishermen." – @davidcoaker.bsky.social

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Graphic layout for an opinion piece titled Les utopistes pragmatiques de Québec solidaire by Bruce McKenna, dated December 4, 2025. Below the title, a photo shows a woman speaking at a podium during a political event. The podium displays a sign reading ‘Ruba Ghazal – Pour le Québec’ with the Québec solidaire logo. Supporters hold similar signs, and a large projected image of the same woman appears behind her against an orange background.

« Malgré tout, le congrès de novembre a rappelé à quoi peut ressembler une vraie politique de parti de masse apte à revigorer un parti de gauche »

Lire l'opinion de Bruce McKenna sur l'utopisme pragmatique de @quebecsolidaire.bsky.social : perspectivesjournal.ca/utopistes-pragmatiques/

New on Making the Good Society:

#Ironworkers Bert Royer and Nigel Hare explain how the unionized trades are fighting for affordability for their members from apprenticeship to retirement.

Full clip: perspectivesjournal.ca/ironworkers/

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On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 host Dave McGrane explains how, from the Winnipeg General Strike to the birth of the CCF, J.S. Woodsworth became a pioneer of Canadian social democracy.

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Activists Make History: Women United — Toronto Book Launch - Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy The new book by Peggy Nash & Julie White tells the untold stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Union.In November 2025, Between the Lines books published Women United:…

Last month, Tricia Wilson, Director, Equity and Racial Justice, interviewed @peggynash.bsky.social and Julie White, authors of Women United: Stories of Women’s Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union.

Hear the stories of women who shaped labour history!

From the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike to the birth of the CCF in 1932, J.S. Woodsworth was a pioneer of Canadian social democracy, advancing the workers' cause across the country.

Listen to 'Social Democrats of the North,' a Perspectives Journal podcast series: perspectivesjournal.ca/js-woodsworth/

Promotional graphic for a Perspectives opinion piece titled Québec’s Pragmatic Utopians by Bruce McKenna, dated November 25, 2025. The top half features the article title on a dark background with the Perspectives logo. The bottom half shows a lively crowd at an indoor event. People are cheering and smiling as a woman greets a man at the centre of the group. Attendees hold up small orange signs and wear event badges.

"... the November [Québec solidaire] convention offered some reminder of how mass party politics can re-invigorate left-wing parties."

Bruce McKenna reflects on the new leadership and more from the recent QS Convention in Québec City: perspectivesjournal.ca/quebec-pragmatic-utopians/

Tenant Organizers Call Doug Ford’s Threats a “Distraction” From Legislation that Could Increase Housing Instability Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with the premier

Tenant Organizers Call Doug Fords Threats a “Distraction” From Legislation that Could Increase Housing Instability

Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with the premier
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Promotional graphic for the Broadbent Institute’s 2026 awards. The top left reads ‘2026 Jack Layton Progress Prize.’ Beside it is a photo of a middle-aged man with short gray hair in a white shirt and tie, resting his hands together. A green badge says, ‘Nominations are open for 2026 prizes.’ Below, another section announces the ‘2026 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research,’ next to a photo of an older man with white hair and glasses speaking at a podium. Text at the bottom reads, ‘Submit your nominations by January 1, 2026.’ The Broadbent Institute logo appears in the lower right corner.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Jack Layton Progress Prize and the 2026 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research!

Make your nomination by Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 at 11:59pm PST at broadbentinstitute.ca/awards

‘Their Conditions Worsened in Hospital’: Ontario Ombudsman Report Details Inhumane Conditions, Prolonged Hospital Stays for Severely Disabled People

‘Their Conditions Worsened in Hospital’: Ontario Ombudsman Report Details Inhumane Conditions, Prolonged Hospital Stays for Severely Disabled People

"Her health has been irreversibly damaged… I worry there isn’t much hope for her or our situation."

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What is OneBC, the Far-Right Party Making Headlines in British Columbia? The party's two MLAs were both elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not pleased

What is OneBC, the far-right party making headlines in British Columbia?

Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy.

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A promotional graphic for an opinion article titled ‘Critical Mass’ in the Perspectives section on rights and democracy. The headline is followed by a subheading about renewed interest in mass-party politics, with the author’s name and the date November 28, 2025. Below the text is a photo of a diverse group of people seated at round tables in a conference room, wearing event lanyards and applauding while listening to a speaker.

"A burgeoning membership culture in organizations like the Ontario New Democratic Youth can rekindle the mass party."

@jameshasaface.bsky.social explains how @theondy.bsky.social & labour movement built a coalition to democratically set the policy agenda: perspectivesjournal.ca/critical-mass-party/

Promotional graphic for the Broadbent Institute’s 2026 awards. The top left reads ‘2026 Jack Layton Progress Prize.’ Beside it is a photo of a middle-aged man with short gray hair in a white shirt and tie, resting his hands together. A green badge says, ‘Nominations are open for 2026 prizes.’ Below, another section announces the ‘2026 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research,’ next to a photo of an older man with white hair and glasses speaking at a podium. Text at the bottom reads, ‘Submit your nominations by January 1, 2026.’ The Broadbent Institute logo appears in the lower right corner.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Jack Layton Progress Prize and the 2026 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research!

Make your nomination by Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 at 11:59pm PST at broadbentinstitute.ca/awards

On Nov. 13, @btlbooks.com launched Women United by @peggynash.bsky.social and Julie White. Joined by Tricia Wilson of @unifor.org, they shared untold stories of women leaders in the CAW.

Listen to the full event recording on Activists Make History: perspectivesjournal.ca/women-united/

There’s a Wave of Violence Targeting Canadian Sikhs, and the Government Seems Powerless to Stop It

There’s a wave of violence targeting Canadian Sikhs, and the government seems powerless to stop it.

"It’s a feeling of helplessness."

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Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club 'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing

Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.

In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.

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Promotional graphic for a Perspectives opinion piece titled Québec’s Pragmatic Utopians by Bruce McKenna, dated November 25, 2025. The top half features the article title on a dark background with the Perspectives logo. The bottom half shows a lively crowd at an indoor event. People are cheering and smiling as a woman greets a man at the centre of the group. Attendees hold up small orange signs and wear event badges.

"... the November [Québec solidaire] convention offered some reminder of how mass party politics can re-invigorate left-wing parties."

Bruce McKenna reflects on the new leadership and more from the recent QS Convention in Québec City: perspectivesjournal.ca/quebec-pragmatic-utopians/

“We see the risks, and we’re calling out this gaslighting for what it is — an attempt to weaken public oversight and hand critical services to private interests.”

My latest for PressProgress is on Ontario's Bill 60 and why some are concerned that it is paving the way towards water privatization.

Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced. “The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”

Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.

Experts aren't convinced.

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On Nov. 13, @btlbooks.com launched Women United by @peggynash.bsky.social and Julie White. Joined by Tricia Wilson of @unifor.org, they shared untold stories of women leaders in the CAW.

Listen to the full event recording on Activists Make History: perspectivesjournal.ca/women-united/

Activists Make History: Women United — Toronto Book Launch | Perspectives Journal The new book by Peggy Nash & Julie White tells the untold stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Union.

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 host @peggynash.bsky.social sits down with co-author Julie White to talk about their new @btlbooks.com release 'Women United
Stories of Women’s Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union'

perspectivesjournal.ca/women-united/

Is Zohran Mamdani's Campaign a Blueprint for Success? - Broadbent Institute The Broadbent Institute's Executive Director Jen Hassum joined Jeyan Jeganathan on TVO's 'The Rundown' to discuss how Zohran Mamdani's campaign is a blueprint for success.

The Broadbent Institute’s Executive Director Jen Hassum joined Jeyan Jeganathan on TVO’s ‘The Rundown’ to discuss how Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is a blueprint for success. broadbentinstitute.ca/tvo-mamdani-...

Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with food inspectors and the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’

Leaders of Canada’s newest convoy worry police are trying to sabotage a nationwide protest avenging a flock of dead ostriches

Ostrich Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’

The Power of Public Ownership

Broadbent Research Fellow Angella MacEwen (@angella.bsky.social) explains how public ownership and public investment are needed to fight inflation, fix inequality, and improve economic productivity.

Watch the full video at perspectivesjournal.ca/public-ownership

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A dark-background graphic titled “Counting the Dead: The Urgent Need for Coroners’ Data on Trans Deaths in Canada.” The centre text reads: “Research shows that training death investigators to identify trans people post-mortem is feasible, making this a simple policy change that could be a critical step toward fulfilling the promise of equality.” At the top right is the Perspectives Journal logo in white and magenta. At the bottom are the byline “Dylana Thompson,” the date “Nov. 7, 2024,” and the website “perspectivesjournal.ca.”

"Training death investigators to identify trans people post-mortem is feasible, making this a simple policy change that could be a critical step toward fulfilling the promise of equality."

🏳️‍⚧️ Dylana Thompson reflects on TDOR in Perspectives Journal no. 2: perspectivesjournal.ca/counting-the-dead/

A graphic with a dark purple background titled ‘Carney and the Calgary School: or, Passive Revolution and Canada’s Social State in the Neoliberal Era.’ It lists the issue as ‘Issue No. 4 – Summer 2025 | Rights and Democracy,’ the author as Mack Penner, and the date September 11, 2025. The lower half shows a man in a suit and tie speaking into a microphone at a World Economic Forum event, with the forum’s logo repeated on the backdrop behind him.

From Perspectives Journal no. 4:

"Carney, a lifelong banker (in the financial investment sector, then the monetary central banking sector), thus stands quite appropriately as an heir to North American neoliberalism."

Read more at perspectivesjournal....

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