The unelected three person NDP vetting committee’s decision to block members’ right to choose who they want to lead has revitalized No Democracy Party claims. But if you read their rationale it gives oxygen to the No Activism Party descriptor. In the largest international focused protest movement in Canadian history, there have been several thousand... Continue Reading →

Heather McPherson has some strange ways of demonstrating she is pro-Palestinian and a foe of Israel’s genocide, apartheid and ongoing ethnic cleansing. Yesterday Heather McPherson introduced the NDP’s leading anti-Palestinian into the party’s gamed leadership race. She sent thousands an email from recently retired MP Randall Garrison. One of the party’s most prominent Zionists in... Continue Reading →

Despite few promoting socialism Canadians are open to anti-capitalist messages. According to a mid-November Spark Insights online survey of 2,895 adults, 43% of Canadians believe capitalism “is doing more harm than good today.” Also asked, “How do you feel about capitalism and socialism?” 29% of respondents said socialism is a better approach while 28% said... Continue Reading →

Is it illegal to promote an email petition to state officials? Does it become “harassment” if successful? Or is it only a crime if the emails go to the police? Nearly 50 people joined me in court Friday as I faced charges for promoting an email petition campaign. The Action Network campaign called on supporters... Continue Reading →

Canadian forces are learning from the génocidaires, directly assisting the US/Israeli occupation of Gaza and will likely help build a colonial Palestinian force.   Canadian troops have been taking tips from the Israel occupation forces. According to a series of reports, Canadian troops participated in IOF seminars this week to learn about its war crimes... Continue Reading →

The Liberal government just passed an unprecedentedly militaristic peacetime budget. And they did so with barely a murmur from the parliamentary opposition. On Monday Mark Carney passed his radical militarist budget, which devotes extraordinary sums to submarines, surface combatants, armoured vehicles, drones and other weaponry. The budget adds $82 billion to a military budget that... Continue Reading →

Ben Mulroney doesn’t like me. Should the NDP like that? On Wednesday the son of the former Conservative party leader ripped into me on his radio program. He began the four-and-a-half-minute discussion by calling me an “agitator extraordinaire, troublemaker, rabble rouser, generally unproductive member of society, antisemite of the highest order.” Ostensibly about my submitting... Continue Reading →

Zohran Mamdani would likely have been blocked by the NDP’s three person vetting committee. Fortunately, the Democratic Party doesn’t “vet” candidates seeking to participate in the New York City mayoral primary. According to New York election rules, to participate in the primary one has about a month to gather 3,750 signatures from registered voters. “At... Continue Reading →

Mark Carney is fear mongering about faraway countries while downplaying a security threat driving an ever-greater number of Canadians from their homes. In the recently released federal budget “defence” is mentioned 148 times while “climate change” is cited 20 times (the document includes 40 more mentions of “climate” in an ecological sense and an equal... Continue Reading →

Amidst the smears, my insurgent left NDP leadership campaign continues to rack up wins. Our positions are shaping a race that many have sought to exclude us from. Yesterday Heather McPherson sent a message to the NDP list describing “my plan to call a national emergency on housing — to marshal resources, build more co-op... Continue Reading →

The dearth of NDP pushback to Mark Carney’s radical military turn is remarkable. As the signs of Liberal warmongering grow, there’s barely a murmur of opposition from the party to this threat to the world and Canadian social programs. On Friday the Ottawa Citizen reported on the military’s plan to expand the reserve by a... Continue Reading →

Yesterday Mark Carney visited a South Korean shipyard as part of a plan to spend $100 billion on attack submarines. The prime minister is pursuing one of Canada’s largest ever discretionary purchases as he prepares an austerity budget for the working class. In an unprecedented level of direct prime ministerial involvement in military procurement, Carney... Continue Reading →

Canadians are living through a housing crisis. Prices have spiraled out of reach for millions and housing affordability is at the heart of the disenfranchisement many feel. Alongside millions who pay rents beyond their means, growing numbers live in abject misery on the streets. Every night in Canada, 60,000 people sleep on the streets and... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday foreign affairs minister Anita Anand condemned atrocities reportedly committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan. She failed to mention a Canadian company’s involvement or Canada’s historical support for violence in the northeast African country. The Canadian-owned Streit Group has provided armoured vehicles to the RSF. Long based in southern Ontario,... Continue Reading →

How long will it take the NDP or other leadership candidates to criticize the US war on Venezuela? Pursued under same pretext that Trump initially targeted Canada, criticizing the Donald’s war ought to be easy if the party weren’t so steeped in imperialism. Donald Trump has recently bombed Venezuelan vessels. He’s also sent B-1 bombers... Continue Reading →

The Canadian Labour Congress should want to hear my campaign’s pro-working-class message and it’s not too late for the labour federation to allow the only fully bilingual candidate to participate in their NDP Leadership Forum. Tomorrow the CLC is hosting Workers Together. “This is your chance to meet the candidates who want to lead the... Continue Reading →