“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in Canadian history. We’re not backing down. We'll defend their reporting against any and all legal threats. Support @pressprogress.ca : journalismdefence.ca

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's PERSPECTIVES host Dave McGrane explains how, amidst working-class poverty and the upheaval around the First World War, Olivar Asselin emerged as a Montreal journalist advocating for Quebec’s working poor. perspectivesjournal.ca/olivar-assel... 🔶

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This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.

Affordable essentials 🤝 stronger democracies @isabellamweber.bsky.social shows how affordability-focused policies on housing, food and transport found a winning message in Mamdani's mayoral campaign. Her 2024 lecture at the Broadbent Institute explains why: perspectivesjournal....

If the government continues down its current path, it will be repeating the mistakes of the 1990s: favouring extreme austerity with no consideration for the consequences. That approach was a disaster in 1994, and it would be worse today.

🧵👇 Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund: pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...

We’ve already seen so many good journalists and other critical voices across Alberta getting singled out one after the next by these long and expensive legal battles Enough is enough @pressprogress.ca stands behind its journalism, and we will defend ourselves vigorously in court

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Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

A public option — for housing, telecommunications, or groceries — doesn't have to dominate the market. "[It can] exist to keep private companies from profiteering and to offer a more affordable alternative.” – @angella.bsky.social in @thewalrus.ca Read more at thewalrus.ca/are-we-going...

In response to Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause, labour groups are vowing retaliation. Danielle Smith's attack on bargaining rights has unions raising the spectre of a general strike: pressprogress.ca/alberta-labo...

INFO | Le gouvernement albertain a utilisé la clause dérogatoire pour imposer une loi spéciale et forcer le retour au travail des enseignant·es. Le plus grand syndicat de la province entend répliquer fermement, sans toutefois en arriver déjà à la grève générale.

my colleague @stephenmag.bsky.social's reporting on the Alberta government sending teachers back to work, and the labour movement's response, en français pour @pivot.quebec

Mark Carney is billing it as an “investment budget,” but with plans to cut $60 billion in program spending and eliminate 40,000 jobs (10% of the federal public service), @dtcochrane.bsky.social says it’s more like an austerity budget Our podcast live from inside the budget media lock-up yesterday:

"This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity [...] Instead of making historic investments to modernize and update health and social care, they are asking under-resourced systems to increasingly do more, with less." Read the latest from @danyaalraza.com : www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Social democratic renewal is very much about building deeper linkages to other social movements promoting equality and recognition of differences other than those based upon social class.

🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa

"There are actions the government can take, but austerity continues to be pulled from the policy toolkit after decades of proven failure." Read the latest from @broadbent.bsky.social's @clementnocos.bsky.social & @cape-acep.bsky.social's Nathan Prier at perspectivesjournal.ca/federal-job-cuts/

Almost twice as many Canadians see immigrants as being unfairly scapegoated and most believe that we should continue to welcome newcomers while fixing housing and healthcare shortfalls. Source: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/shifting-borders/

L'ACEP et @broadbent.bsky.social : Les coupes dans la fonction publique mettent à mal les engagements du gouvernement fédéral ➡️ www.acep-cape.ca/fr/actualite...

Public money should serve people, not corporate profits. Civilian defence workers keep our bases running and troops ready, but the federal government keeps handing contracts to private firms that cost more, deliver less, and risk our security. perspectivesjournal.ca/end-contract...

"There are actions the government can take, but austerity continues to be pulled from the policy toolkit after decades of proven failure." Read the latest from @broadbent.bsky.social's @clementnocos.bsky.social & @cape-acep.bsky.social's Nathan Prier at perspectivesjournal.ca/federal-job-cuts/

What makes the United States unique compared to most industrialized western countries is that it has never developed a full-fledged labour party or social democratic party that has welded significant political power and influence. broadbentinstitute.ca/research/next-left-canada/

Almost twice as many Canadians see immigrants as being unfairly scapegoated and most believe that we should continue to welcome newcomers while fixing housing and healthcare shortfalls. Source: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/shifting-borders/

Instead of implementing the biggest service reductions in recent Canadian history, this budget should seek to implement measures that raise revenue. broadbentinstitute.ca/research/202...

Ordinary Canadians could always depend on Ed when he was on the mound. Let's go Blue Jays! #WANTITALL

Defending Democracy Across Borders At the 2026 Progress Summit, we will look to those defending democracy in Canada and to our progressive allies abroad for lessons and answers on how to take on anti-democratic forces. Early Bird registration: broadbentinstitute.c...

Ordinary Canadians could always depend on Ed when he was on the mound. Let's go Blue Jays! #WANTITALL

Instead of implementing the biggest service reductions in recent Canadian history, this budget should seek to implement measures that raise revenue. broadbentinstitute.ca/research/202...

Join the Broadbent Institute for the 2026 Progress Summit, Canada's premier gathering of progressive leadership, policymakers, activists, and experts, March 4-6 in Ottawa! 🐦 Early Bird registration: broadbentinstitute.ca/events/summit2026/ 📬 Summit news: broadbentinstitute.ca/subscribe

"As a bottom line, the workers who deliver public services should be public servants." June Winger explains how contracting out at DND has undermined national security and public trust, while also disrespecting workers and taxpayers. Full op-ed: perspectivesjournal.ca/end-contracting-out/

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Amidst working-class poverty and the upheaval around the First World War, Olivar Asselin emerged as one of Montreal’s most famous journalists who advocated for Quebec’s working poor. Learn more about him on Social Democrats of the North with Dave McGrane perspectivesjournal.ca/olivar-assel...

"As a bottom line, the workers who deliver public services should be public servants." June Winger explains how contracting out at DND has undermined national security and public trust, while also disrespecting workers and taxpayers. Full op-ed: perspectivesjournal.ca/end-contracting-out/

“Pharmacare is shovel ready.” Broadbent Fellow @danyaalraza.com explains in today's Toronto Star that the policy infrastructure is in place to make universal Pharmacare a nation-building project. Read more: www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Join the Broadbent Institute for the 2026 Progress Summit, Canada's premier gathering of progressive leadership, policymakers, activists, and experts, March 4-6 in Ottawa! 🐦 Early Bird registration: broadbentinstitute.ca/events/summit2026/ 📬 Summit news: broadbentinstitute.ca/subscribe

Hear from frontline educators at the 2025 Progress Summit on what’s driving the public education crisis and how we can defend democracy by fighting for strong, inclusive, and well-funded schools.

With another round of “tariff tantrums,” governments need to take action against corporate price gouging and profiteering that drive up costs for everyone during an economic crisis. @rooseveltinstitute.org's @toddntucker.com explains how to fight Trump’s trade war: youtu.be/MvjtkoRqhI0?...

While Trump and Carney debate who's better at resurrecting Ronald Reagan, trade expert Beth Baltzan explains why free trade today looks more like Reganomics than the internationalization of FDR's New Deal. Watch: youtu.be/_nOlyx8zNa0?...

While Trump touts his "big, beautiful bill," @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social ‬senior fellow Beth Baltzan reminds us of a different vision — one where trade served working people, not corporate profits. Full clip: perspectivesjournal.ca/new-deal-progressive-trade/

Hi so I'm about to launch a Canadian healthcare newsletter with @pressprogress.ca If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you. 1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/

With Trump's "tariff tantrums" on full display, it's clear that the old economic playbook just won’t cut it. @toddntucker.com (of @rooseveltinstitute.org & @rooseveltforward.org) shows why we need public investment to fight price gouging and build a clean energy future for people, not profits.

With another round of “tariff tantrums,” governments need to take action against corporate price gouging and profiteering that drive up costs for everyone during an economic crisis. @rooseveltinstitute.org's @toddntucker.com explains how to fight Trump’s trade war: youtu.be/MvjtkoRqhI0?...

On September 20, 2025, thousands of Canadians took to the streets to draw the line. Behind the day of action was a team of cross-movement organizers, including @atiyactions.bsky.social of @350canada.bsky.social. Hear her speak with @peggynash.bsky.social : perspectivesjournal.ca/draw-the-line

"Youth unemployment in Canada does not need scapegoats, it needs policy change." New from 2024 Emerging Leader Dael Vasquez at perspectivesjournal....

"While ambition and necessity of fast-tracking nation-building projects in the short and medium term should be embraced, it should not come at the cost of circumventing democratic processes." from Perspectives Journal – Issue no. 4: perspectivesjournal.ca/democratic-politics-industrial-policy/

"Leadership candidates need to demonstrate how they would counterbalance the Americanization of Canadian politics with the weight of the working-class behind them." Read the latest from @clementnocos.bsky.social & Dave McGrane at perspectivesjournal.ca/leadership-h...