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Pages tagged "social democracy"


Medicare 2.0

Posted on Social Democracy by Broadbent Institute · October 08, 2020 4:34 PM

As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, the flaws in our healthcare system have become glaringly obvious. Each wave of the pandemic reignites concerns about the state of long-term care homes and renews existing calls to improve our healthcare system.

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Solidarity after the Pandemic: Basic Income or Basic Services?

Posted on News & Blogs by Edward Xie & Danyaal Raza · July 23, 2020 8:00 AM


People are struggling. As front-line workers in emergency rooms, isolation shelters and clinics, we see how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated health and livelihoods. We’ve witnessed the toll that the last several months has taken on workers, families, and marginalized communities.

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A Tribute to Mel Watkins

Posted on News & Blogs by Peter Puxley · April 03, 2020 10:22 AM

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Mel Watkins is dead and Canada is the poorer for it.

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Remembering Mel Watkins

Posted on In the News by Jonathan Sas · April 02, 2020 3:39 PM

 

 


On April 2nd, political economist and giant of the Canadian left, Mel Watkins, passed away.

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Defending democracy in the age of social media

Posted on News & Blogs · March 14, 2019 3:23 PM

Digital and social media technologies are transforming democratic society. But even as technologies changes how we do things, they reproduce old problems in new forms. Hacking, trolling, micro-targeting, and the monopolization of public and semi-public space by large firms present the same sorts of challenges that democratic societies have been dealing with for decades. The difference today is that digital versions of these practices of exclusion, exploitation, and manipulation are backed by greater speed, reach, volume, and force than before. The digital realm has also lowered both the difficulty and risk of influencing public discourse in dishonest and untransparent ways, whether it be through armies of fake accounts on social media or the capacity to infiltrate state and private servers and accounts to steal information.

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Reflecting on Ocasio-Cortez and a bold opportunity for democratic socialist organizing in Canada

Posted on News & Blogs · October 29, 2018 10:28 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is breaking new ground and hitting international air waves in her recent win of the democratic nomination over a 20 year sitting Congressman in New York's 14th Congressional District (Bronx and Queens), where a majority of residents are immigrants and working class people. At the age of 28, Ocasio-Cortez, is not only the youngest candidate for congress, she also comes from a working class background, and being the first Latina to represent her district is a victory in and of itself.

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Broadbent Reads: Pierre Trudeau, the Liberals and the Social Democratic Left

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · May 29, 2018 8:00 AM

What is the true nature of the Liberal Party of Canada? Is it a genuinely progressive party of the centre-left, worthy of the support of those pushing for a more equal and inclusive society? Or is it essentially a party of the status quo which campaigns from the left but generally governs from the right? These questions have a rich historical dimension which remains relevant today.

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The historical keys to a modern industrial democracy

Posted on News & Blogs by Christo Aivalis · March 13, 2018 9:00 AM

The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

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Laytonian social democracy: one small practical action at a time

Posted on News & Blogs by David McGrane · January 25, 2018 9:58 AM

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The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

Fifteen years ago today, Jack Layton became the Leader of the federal NDP at the Toronto Convention Centre. While delegates did not know it at the time, he would go on to become the most electorally successful leader of the federal CCF-NDP and bring the party closer to its dream of forming the federal government than it had ever been.

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TAKE THE PLEDGE

Posted by Michael Penny · November 23, 2017 11:05 AM

The Broadbent Institute's Change the Game project takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, in order to learn both from the successes and challenges of the past and to educate Canadians on new approaches for a better future. The Broadbent Institute is committed to reinvigorating the fight to expand and improve social programs and greater social investments, so that all Canadians can live in dignity.

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