Oct 16 2019 — Ajay Parasram — The Conversation — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh broke a cardinal rule of Canadian politics recently when he dropped the “c” word — coalition. Although coalitions are healthy, democratic and quite common around the world, Canada’s two biggest political parties use it as a blunt object to scare voters. Canada has been governed by Liberals or Conservatives for its […]
Oct 16 2019 — Ajay Parasram — The Conversation — Bloc Québecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Jagmeet Singh of the NDP could all play roles if Canada opts for a coalition government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes/Chris Wattie/Nathan Denette Ajay Parasram, Dalhousie University NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh broke a cardinal rule of Canadian politics recently when he dropped the “c” word […]
Oct 16 2019 — Christian Elliott — The Conversation — We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we’re running out of time. It may come as a surprise, but at the moment, democracy may be an obstacle to the rapid action we need on climate change. Democratic governments […]
Oct 16 2019 — Christian Elliott — The Conversation — Stable jobs that help transition former fossil sector workers into renewable energy can unify liberals and conservatives. Shutterstock Christian Elliott, University of Toronto We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we’re running out of time. It may come […]
Oct 14 2019 — The Conversation — As feminist scholars, we have been closely watching the election debates and media coverage to see if and how equity, diversity and gender are discussed. So far, little of substance has been said about how they propose to care for Canadians, particularly those located at the intersections of gender, race and colonial power.
Oct 14 2019 — Yasmin Jiwani, Francesca Scala and Stephanie Paterson — The Conversation — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party leader Elizabeth May take part in the the Federal leaders French language debate in Gatineau, Que. on Oct. 10, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University; Francesca Scala, Concordia University, and Stephanie Paterson, Concordia University As feminist scholars, we have been closely watching the election debates […]
Oct 14 2019 — Arvind Magesan — The Conversation — The anti-immigration rhetoric heard on stage at the national leaders’ debates may have surprised many Canadians. Calls from the political fringes for major immigration reform to preserve or restore some imagined character of the state has been a trend in other western industrialized democracies like France, the Netherlands and the United States, but up till […]
Oct 14 2019 — Arvind Magesan — The Conversation — The platform of the People’s Party of Canada gets a lot of things factually wrong about the economic impact of immigration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Arvind Magesan, University of Calgary The anti-immigration rhetoric heard on stage at the national leaders’ debates may have surprised many Canadians. Calls from the political fringes for major immigration reform […]
Oct 7 2019 — Bill Flanagan — The Conversation — Justin Trudeau used the English-language leaders’ debate to defend his position on the SNC-Lavalin affair, standing up to a withering attack from the other leaders by saying he was advocating for Canadian jobs. “The role of the prime minister is to stand up for Canadian jobs, to stand up for the public interest and that’s […]
Oct 4 2019 — Martha Paynter — The Conversation — This federal election season, abortion is undeniably a campaign issue, with media coverage routinely suggesting abortion rights are tenuous or up for debate. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has declared that he is “personally pro-life,” while insisting that his cabinet will not “reopen the issue.” This does, however, leave the door open for individual MPs to […]
Oct 1 2019 — Dean Mellow and Dasha Gluhareva — The Conversation — Dean Mellow, Simon Fraser University and Dasha Gluhareva, Simon Fraser University The SNC-Lavalin controversy dogged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the leadup to the Canadian federal election. In his August report on the SNC-Lavalin case, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion made strong assertions about the meanings intended by Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council, […]
Sep 19 2019 — The Conversation — The scientific evidence for climate change is unequivocal: 97 per cent of actively publishing climate scientists agree that human activities are causing global warming. Given the same evidence, why do some people become concerned about human-caused climate change while others deny it? In particular, why are people who remain skeptical about climate change often identified […]
Sep 17 2019 — Jerome Gessaroli — The Conversation — What governing vision does the Conservative Party of Canada offer Canadians this election? This is a fundamental question that the party has not yet answered. In a recent column, pundit Andrew Coyne wrote:
Sep 11 2019 — Brian Budd — The Conversation — As Canada’s 2019 federal election campaign begins, there are a number of question marks surrounding Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. A longtime member of Parliament under Stephen Harper’s government, Scheer won a tightly contested leadership race against former Conservative cabinet minister Maxime Bernier in 2017. For most of his political career, Scheer has been widely known […]
Sep 11 2019 — Dianne Lalonde — The Conversation — Dumbfakes and deepfakes are edited or altered videos. In just the past few years, the capability to produce and share these videos has increased exponentially due, in part, to artificial intelligence. These fake videos are already present in Canadian politics and are even more likely to be created and disseminated during Canada’s ongoing election campaign. […]