Elizabeth Rowley |

Kinder Morgan: The Real National Interest

This unholy alliance of Liberals, NDP, and Tories striving to meet oil companies' demands says a lot about the current composition of Parliament.

Will Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators Give Away The Store?

News that the US has withdrawn its demand that would have eliminated automobile assembly and parts plants has left media and NAFTA analysts in Ottawa light-headed.

The Frying Pan or the Fire: Trump’s Tariffs Should Kill NAFTA Now

Canada is a wealthy country with plenty of options for trade. It’s time we adopted a fair trade policy, based on mutually beneficial and multi-lateral trade with the world.

Communist Parties Call to Resist Imperialism and Fascism

Report on the 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) in Leningrad.

Morneau’s Ever-So-Modest Tax Reforms

The already skewed tax system increasingly benefits corporations, while starving the federal treasury of funds needed to provide public services

Bill C-59: Another Threat to Democracy

Bill C-59 makes clear the government's policy is to pick up where the RCMP left off in the 70s, and for the same reasons: protests by labour and democratic movements are a threat to corporate profits.

Liberals Prepare for War with 70% Increase in Military Spending

Liberals are working hard to convince us that a 70% increase in military spending is a noble expression of their government’s commitment to Arctic sovereignty and global security. The truth is much simpler and a lot uglier

Canada Needs A New Trade Policy: Not A New NAFTA Deal

NAFTA is, and always has been a bad deal for Canada, and efforts to renegotiate it can’t change that. Standing up to the neighbourhood bully means Canada should pull out of NAFTA now.

On Its 50th Anniversary, Medicare Is Being Systematically Starved

The direction being pursued by the federal Liberals is privatization of healthcare, not expansion.

Renegotiating NAFTA?

Progressive people said no in 1994 and must say NO again. Fair trade not free trade means leave NAFTA now.