Working Canadians, from blue collar workers to middle class professionals to hamburger flippers are facing the worst economy insecurity, most stressful working conditions, the slowest increases in real income and the most cynical anti-worker governments since the 1930s. At the same time the one percent and the powerful corporations which make them rich have not been so privileged in terms of wealth and political power since the pre-crash 1920s.

The NDP’s announcement that it will push for a national minimum wage if elected is good news and suggests that the party may finally be overcoming its decades-long aversion to engaging its Liberal and Conservative adversaries on the question of the economy.

For years Stephen Harper often seemed at war with his own government, so consistently critical were reviews by its various independent oversight agencies. It seems that at least one “independent” body, the Parliamentary Budget Office, is now a little more PMO-friendly.

Stephen Harper hates losing, maybe even more than he likes winning. If that’s the case he may well resign rather than face the humiliation of defeat on his single most important commitment.

Stephen Harper’s embarrassing behaviour regarding the crisis in Ukraine misses the bigger picture: a Russia-driven shift in global currency allegiance that could devastate the economies of the U.S. and Canada. It’s a shift that Harper is helping with his rhetoric and actions.

With the introduction of the "Fair Elections Act," the 2015 election could be purely about democracy itself, argues Murray Dobbin.

We need a political party that puts forward big ideas, and the NDP is not fulfilling that role in its search for political power, argues Murray Dobbin.

The prime minister’s frightening decision to enlist the country’s security apparatus in the direct and immediate service of the oil industry makes clear that big oil is drowning democracy.

The last eight budgets have been about smothering the national dream of prosperity and equality by systematically starving the federal government. It’s time for some big ideas.

What did Stephen Harper’s visit to Israel add to Canada’s foreign policy that wasn’t already well established?