The NDP have no clear rationale for breaking with the Liberals, and no plan to differentiate themselves. What is clear is that the era of stability in Canadian politics is over.

The Ontario NDP leadership has begun a smear campaign against Jessa McLean, a prominent socialist member and past candidate for member of Parliament and party president. Unfortunately, this is only the latest in a string of attacks that the NDP bureaucracy has unleashed on progressives and socialists in their ranks. 

Some 1,000 government workers organized with the British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) in the liquor and cannabis distribution sector have been on strike since August 15. The main demand of the union is for wage increases to keep pace with rising inflation, with the BCGEU specifically demanding a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) agreement.  While the B.C. […]

Thomas Dang, an Alberta provincial MLA, has been in a months-long limbo, out of the NDP caucus due to an unusual police investigation of hacking and whistleblowing. Dang was the youngest MLA ever elected when he won his seat in Edmonton-South in 2015 and had been working under the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) until […]

The federal NDP has shattered its credibility as an opposition to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in the wake of its deal to support the Liberal minority government until 2025. At a time of growing anger against the establishment, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has instead chosen to defend the status quo. In doing so, he has handed […]

After the NDP failed to reach its potential in the federal election, shocking revelations have arisen from former parliamentary candidate Jessa McLean. McLean ran as an open socialist for the position of NDP president earlier this year, and gained one third of the vote. In a public post and follow-up interview with Fightback magazine, McLean […]

Days before the 2021 NDP convention, the National Post expressed their horror at a proposed resolution calling to abolish billionaires. The Post condemned the resolution as a “modern socialist utopia” and gave a warning against supporting such a radical demand. As Marxists, however, instead of being horrified at the radicalism of the resolution, we would […]

After countless pleas from workers and retirees, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has called on the Liberal government to end for profit long-term care facilities. This is a very good demand and it is encouraging that the NDP is taking it on. But then Singh clarified that an NDP government would only do this by 2030. […]

In early November, the NDP announced that they would propose a new tax on the richest people in the country. The party proposed two measures: a one per cent tax on all wealth over $20 million, and a windfall tax on “excess profits” made by companies that benefited from the pandemic. It is true that […]

Following the police murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests quickly engulfed the United States. These protests soon gained steam internationally, including in Canada, with thousands of protesters raising slogans such as the demand for the arrest of the officers involved, and the defunding and abolition of police. […]