Canadian Dimension
Oct 15, 2024 · Founded in 1963, Canadian Dimension is a forum for debate on important issues facing the Canadian Left today, and a source for analysis of national and regional politics, labour, economics, world affairs and art.
Israel’s tent camp massacre in Rafah is a heinous war crime
May 29, 2024 · For over eight months, Palestinians in Gaza have been sharing live videos of their daily executions, pleading with the world to stop the carnage. But the Western political class has remained silent, piping up only to offer platitudes about human rights and international law, while refusing to rein in Israel’s unhinged barbarity, let alone impose sanctions on a genocidal state.
Far-right influencers the biggest dupes of foreign interference
Sep 16, 2024 · Russia isn’t creating these divisions in the West, they’re attempting to exploit them for geostrategic purposes. But what the Tenet indictment exposes is that the far-right is where the money is. They’re the ones calling the shots. Anyone who suggests both ends of the political spectrum are equally susceptible to foreign exploitation is obscuring this reality.
The foreign home buyer as scapegoat – Canadian Dimension
Jan 12, 2023 · By targeting the mythical threat of the foreign home buyer, the Liberals seek to divert our attention from the real factors driving our housing crisis. In doing this, they are ready to fan the flames of xenophobic sentiment in a way that makes a mockery of their progressive credentials. We should treat this measure with contempt and focus on the struggle to make housing a human right.
Corporate ownership of media has failed Canadians
Feb 19, 2024 · For-profit media ownership has decimated journalism in Canada and continues to gouge us with some of the highest prices in the world for telecommunications services such as cellular phones, cable TV and Internet access. The private equity players and US hedge funds that own most of our largest newspapers are now harvesting them for hundreds of …
Why we need to nationalize health care in Canada
Jan 13, 2023 · The time has come to nationalize health care in Canada. The experience of the pandemic has provided ample evidence that the provinces are wholly incapable of handling major public health emergencies.Indeed, the cumulative effect of decades of provincial budget cuts, downsizing, mismanagement, and a corporate ‘do more with less’ mentality (coupled with exorbitant executive compensation has ...
How our struggles are contained by those in power
Jul 15, 2024 · Different approaches are needed to counter today’s containment strategies. Governments are less likely to be moved by displays of our potential power. Huge rallies and days of action are an essential part of building movements and campaigns, but this is a period when ongoing social action and indefinite strikes will be needed …
Canada: One of the ‘biggest gangsters in Haiti’
Feb 3, 2023 · Canada must respect the Haitian people in their struggle for justice and self-determination. As members of the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN), we oppose the militarization of the Haitian National Police and any further steps toward military intervention, which could further escalate violence and entrench Core Group control against the will of …
Reprogramming the genocide deniers – Canadian Dimension
Oct 12, 2022 · Canadian society is generally uncomfortable acknowledging the state’s historic responsibility for acts of genocide perpetrated against Indigenous peoples. Yet, with a resurgent nationalist right and forms of residential school denialism undermining truth and reconciliation efforts, the need for a rigorous process of self-reflection is perhaps more important than ever.
Canada’s whitewashing of Africa’s most ruthless regime
Jul 8, 2024 · Using an African country as a political and economic tool is as old as colonialism itself. If this is what Canada’s new politics are on the African continent, it is indeed retrograde. Canada should not be engaging with, or buttressing a nation that has inflicted so much harm on innocent people. We should not be aiding and abetting crimes abroad.