Having beaten them as a class action lawyer, Dimitri Lascaris is eager to take on corporations and billionaires as leader of the Green Party of Canada (GPC). “My clients were overwhelmingly ordinary Canadians who had been hurt by corporate wrongdoing,” he told Redaction Politics in a recent interview. “I also represented union pension funds that had taken … Continue reading Dimitri Lascaris: Green Party should have ‘unapologetic’ left wing stances to take the fight to Trudeau →

Venezuelan foreign affairs minister Jorge Arreaza remembers when his country was on much better terms with Canada. “The diplomatic relationship between Venezuela and Canada, historically, was pretty smooth and stable,” he said during an August 20 video conference organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Relations between the two countries remained strong for many years, … Continue reading Jorge Arreaza: Canada doing Trump’s bidding on Venezuela →

As Andrew Scheer made his final House of Commons appearance as opposition leader August 12, the ballots that will determine his successor were being dropped into mailboxes across Canada. Nearly 270,000 Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) members were eligible to receive voting packages. Completed ballots must be received in Ottawa by August 21 so they … Continue reading Canada’s conservatives prepare to anoint new leader as race to replace Andrew Scheer draws to a close →

One of James Laxer’s most under-appreciated written legacies is a blistering but inspiring critique of the New Democratic Party (NDP) that resonates as strongly today as when it came out three years ago. Laxer, who died in early 2018, was a founding member of the Waffle, a left-wing, economic nationalist movement that briefly shook up … Continue reading Blueprint for the Canadian left’s future – ‘The NDP Needs a Radical Makeover’ by James Laxer →

The arguments against Canada remaining a constitutional monarchy keep piling higher and higher. Prince Andrew, whose connections to Jeffrey Epstein prompted him to step away from royal duties, is the subject of increasingly lurid and disturbing headlines in the U.K. And yet, incredibly, he remains Colonel-in-Chief of three Canadian army reserve regiments and has a … Continue reading It’s time for Canada to abandon the monarchy →