March/April 2007
Volume 41, Number 2
Regulars
Editorial: Thinking Bigger, Doing Better
The Horowitz Paragraph
by Gad Horowitz
Labour Report
by Jane Stinson
Québec Communiqué
by Pierre Dostie
Vulture Culture
by Ed Janzen
On the Edge
by Lesley Hughes
Opening Arguments
Readers’ Soapbox: Can the NDP work with the Greens and the Liberals to defeat Harper?
by George Crowell
Canada Brings its Fight Against Indigenous Rights to the UN
By Gina Cosentino
Harper’s Crime Laws
By Shawn Bayes
Staying the Course in Afghanistan Means Abandoning Reason
By David Caplan
Hello Garci! Goodbye Gloria?
By Jonathan B. Canchela
Income Splitting will Worsen Inequality
By Erin Weir
International Women's Day
Feminist groups responded quickly and vocally to the Conservatives’ recent cuts to women’s programs, including a 40% cut to the budget of Status Women Canada. Bernadette Wagner argues that with continued organizing, the women’s vote will be crucial in determining the upcoming federal election.
Women Changing the World
Profiles of five outstanding women nominated by our readers.
A Life of Solidarity
Reflections on a life in politics by feminist organizer and co-leader of Québec solidaire, Françoise David (translated by Sujata Dey).
Election Primer: Platform for a New Canada
In the absence of a radical program to campaign around for the upcoming federal election, Canadian Dimension suggests one.
12-Step Program to Combat Climate Change
We can have economic growth and decent living standards for all, so long as we develop the economy in harmony with the environment, with only a subordinate role for the market, write Cy Gonick and Brendan Haley.
Canada and World Order After the Wreckage
Imagining an alternate global politics could hardly be more pressing, says Greg Albo. Its success will depend upon social-justice movements agitating and demonstrating tirelessly, and building organizational capacities.
An Energy Security Program for Canada
Until Canada gets a “Mexican exemption” and exits NAFTA’s energy-proportionality clause, there is little chance of Canada fulfilling its modest, international Kyoto targets, let along going far beyond them, writes Gordon Laxer.
A Democratic Tax Reform for Canada
The two important functions of the tax system in a flourishing democracy are to raise revenue to fund government programs and to redistribute income and wealth. The Canadian tax system fails dismally in achieving both of these objectives, says Neil Brooks.
Toward a New Policy Paradigm for First Peoples
Peter Kulchyski writes that a new policy paradigm for First Peoples needs to be based on a substantive application of Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Can popular, community-based assemblies, which would bring various movements together into a democratic and permanent structure, become the first step toward building a larger project? asks Sam Gindin. Are popular assemblies the way to link these local structures into social forces of regional and national significance?
All That's Left
Democracy Inc.
Jennifer Moore reports on activist research collective In the Name of Democracy.
Helping Canadian Jazz Stay Healthy
Jazz is not dead in Canada, writes Erin Millar.
Beckham
Simon Black on the postmodern prince of the sports world.
Bleeding Afghanistan
David Camfield reviews Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence by Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls.