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Oil Companies: The New “Corporate Welfare Bums”

  • /// Canada, Environment, North America
  • Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (ISA Canada)

How things have changed. The orthodox views of a few years ago are now out the window. Until recently most mainstream economists argued that governments

Avi Lewis at campaign launch, 2026

Can Canada’s NDP Be Revived Under New “Socialist” Leadership?

This article was originally published in early June 2026, in issue #3 of International Marxism, the international political journal of International Socialist Alternative. Click here to subscribe or to buy

  • /// Canada, North America, Politics & Elections
  • Socialist Alternative Canada Executive Committee
Avi Lewis

New NDP Leadership: A New Chapter for Canada’s Left?

Avi Lewis handily won the NDP leadership race with 39,734 votes, 56% of the total, on the first ballot. His program is clearly popular with NDP members. His campaign raised

  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections
  • Martin LeBrun, Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada)

Canada: A Working-Class Response to Carney

Trump’s threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor and Detroit is just the latest in a series of threats and tirades against Canada. If carried

  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
  • Leslie Kemp, Socialist Alternative Canada

Canada: Carney’s Conservative Shift

Mark Carney’s Liberals won the election promising to stand up to Trump and his tariffs and threats to make Canada the 51st state. In office, Carney dropped the “elbows up”

  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections
  • Simon Schweitzer and Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative Canada

Air Canada Flight Attendants Victory

Flight attendants working for Air Canada have won a victory for themselves and the entire the labour movement. In addition to winning important gains for themselves, their determination to defy

  • /// Canada, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
  • Bill Hopwood, Leslie Kemp, Chris Fofonoff - Socialist Alternative Canada

Air Canada Flight Attendants Defy Work Order, Determined to Fight

At 12:58 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, August 16, flight attendants, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and employees of Air Canada, commenced the biggest labour battle

  • /// Canada, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
  • Chris Fofonoff, Leslie Kemp and Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada)

Liberals Snatch Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

While the Liberals won the most seats, both Liberals and Conservatives improved their popular vote share. Outside of Québec, all other competing parties collapsed. The election was a disaster for
  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections
  • Ray Goerke, Socialist Alternative Canada

Canada: Election Will Solve Nothing for the Working Class

Workers will face either a Conservative or Liberal government in May. While there are differences, the two parties agree on much. The working class needs its own program, especially during
  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections
  • Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative Canada

Canada: Liberals Bank on Carney

A greenwashing financier, a proud member of the “elite,” a multimillionaire and an unapologetic adherent of capitalism—there is no fitter person to lead the Liberals.
  • /// Canada, Politics & Elections
  • Violet Forrie, Socialist Alternative Canada

Tariffs — The Bosses Never Waste a Good Crisis

Machiavelli wrote “never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.” Canada’s corporations are following that advice in response to the crisis of Trump’s tariffs. They have dusted off many
  • /// Canada, Economy, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
  • Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada)

Canada: A Workers’ Program for Trump’s Tariffs

Workers need to be wary of Team Canada. It can sound beguiling for the country to unite but the country is not united. There is a fundamental class division much
  • /// Canada, Economy
  • Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada)

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