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Where Will Canada’s Workers Go After the Election?

By: David Moscrop

Nationalist backlash against Donald Trump helped stall right-wing populism. But Canadian workers are still drifting rightward, and the social democratic NDP is in shambles.

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When Canada’s federal election came to a close this spring, the Conservative Party — which had been up 25 points in the polls as late as January — finished second to the Liberal Party. A plurality of voters cast their votes for former banker Mark Carney, hoping the technocrat could block Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and stand up to […]

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When Canada’s federal election came to a close this spring, the Conservative Party — which had been up 25 points in the polls as late as January — finished second to the Liberal Party. A plurality of voters cast their votes for former banker Mark Carney, hoping the technocrat could block Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and stand up to […]

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When Canada’s federal election came to a close this spring, the Conservative Party — which had been up 25 points in the polls as late as January — finished second to the Liberal Party. A plurality of voters cast their votes for former banker Mark Carney, hoping the technocrat could block Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and stand up to […]

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When Canada’s federal election came to a close this spring, the Conservative Party — which had been up 25 points in the polls as late as January — finished second to the Liberal Party. A plurality of voters cast their votes for former banker Mark Carney, hoping the technocrat could block Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and stand up to […]

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