Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Now that the election is behind us, it’s back to politics as usual. That means disappointments are bountiful! In a shocker to no one, disgraced and disavowed Liberal Kevin Vuong won’t step down. Then, Manitoba is about to get a new Premier! Spoiler alert, it’s going to be a social conservative or a likely social conservative! And, Hydro Québec pens a multi-billion dollar deal showing just how profitable publicly owned business can be. Follow Joe on Twitte...
Sep 24, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change-makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere. This week, we’re joined by journalist, activist, and Green Party of Canada leadership candidate Dimitri Lascaris and broadcaster and columnist Andrew Lawton to go around the horn. After Monday's results, was the election worth it? In a campaign that was mired in malaise, are the leaders of ...
Sep 23, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! How does a radical kid from Toronto end up running a public policy institute in Alberta? It’s just the path of life for Gordon Laxer. Gordon’s work took him to the belly of the beast, fighting for climate action in the heartland of oil & gas, and advocating for a renewed insurgency effort within the NDP — an effort that earned him a blacklisting from the party for his leadership in the Waffle. We discuss his life, his other, his work, and everything i...
Sep 21, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! If the last 36 days of New Left Radio have been a vivisection of the election as it happened, consider this the autopsy of it’s fetid, putrid corpse. Not much has changed, but now we’re facing a whole new world. What did we learn? Who’s at the end of a knife when it comes to their leadership? Will we ever change? Follow Joe on Twitter Follow Rodger on Twitter Stay connected with the latest from New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! _________...
Sep 21, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! This is it folks, the big day is here.... It's Roll Up the Rim to Win! Wait, it's also E-Day. We speculate, prognosticate, and foresee what the day has in store. One big prediction though, not much will change as a result of this election. Now, just go vote! Follow Joe on Twitter Follow Rodger on Twitter Stay connected with the latest from New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! _________...
Sep 20, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! In the waning days of the election, the parties are bringing out fresh new celebrity faces to endorse their message…. of Chrétien, Mulroney, and Broadbent. It’s campaign 1993 y’all! Erin O’Toole has tried to position his Conservatives as friendly to labour, but labour isn’t buying what he’s selling. No matter how hard he tries, his history paints a picture that should give working people pause. Trudeau, O’Toole, and Singh have all now said that the debate...
Sep 17, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere. This week, we’re joined by Washington Post contributing columnist David Moscrop & economist and National Post columnist Rupa Subramanya to discuss what’s being mostly ignored by the mainstream press. Another minority government looks to be all but certain, with it, will electoral reform...
Sep 16, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! News from Northern Ontario is a depressing wake up call for Canadian politics. The attack on Liberal candidate Marc Serré is just the latest escalation of unacceptable political violence. Why is this happening? Where is it coming from? Who is to blame? In a shocking pre-release clip for tonight in-depth Face to Face on CBCNN, Annamie Paul says she is considering stepping down as leader after the election. What is the future of the Green Party with or with...
Sep 15, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! You've read his explosive columns calling for Doug Ford's resignation and calling Trump a fascist, now get to know the man behind the words. We're joined by Washington Post Contributing Columnist, political theorist, author, and now NLR Counterpoint panelist, David Moscrop. We discuss the origins of his political formation and the family and educational path that led to his political viewpoint. Then, we cover socialism in Canada, how it manifests, and how...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! We’re in the home stretch of Election 44 with just a week to go and the campaigns are taking wild shots to see what sticks. Remember the SNC Lavalin affair? No? Don’t worry, it’s hard to keep track with the myriad of ethics accusations since then. We’ll, it’s in the news again. Francois Legault kind of didn’t not endorse the Conservatives. Will it make an impact in Quebec one way or the other? Speaking of endorsements, in a shocker, former Liberal MP Celi...
Sep 13, 2021•22 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Débat des Chefs is in the books and it was a SNOOZE. We discuss the night, the ups and downs, and what the effect might be on the campaigns. Since we recorded before the English debate, we make some predictions… we’re we right? Then, the Conservative platform promises a boatload of new healthcare spending — not so fast, it looks like it’s all smoke and mirrors. What will the stories do to healthcare if elected? Can we trust them? Then, we feature NDP hope...
Sep 10, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere. This week, co-founder and editor of Ricochet Media , Ethan Cox & writer, actor, and journalist Rob Salerno to go around the horn on what surprises the home stretch of this election may have in store now that Canadians are tuning in. We discuss the assault rifle ban debate, is it real or...
Sep 09, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Justin Trudeau was assaulted in London, Ontario in an act of political violence. No matter what you think of him or his politics, this is not acceptable. An anger that has been festering in Canadian politics is exploding onto the scene and the People's Party is rising in the polls. What does this mean for the Canadian discourse? What does it mean for the future of Canadian democracy? Don't discount the People's Party. They are here. They are serious. They...
Sep 08, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! With the longest continuous occupation in the world, the movement for justice in Israel/Palestine and Palestinian liberation has been a strong voice for decades. The events of the early summer - the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and the brutal violence inflicted on the people of Gaza seems to have changed the paradigm in North America, with millions pouring into the streets in solidarity with Palestinians and demanding a change to the brutal and dehumanizing...
Sep 07, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! We dive into the Liberal platform, what’s in it and what’s glaringly not. After calling this election, having months to prepare, and honing their policy, the Liberals seems to be flailing when it comes to vision. We’re left with a hodgepodge of left over promises from their previous campaigns that seem to have been left unfinished. Why should we think 2021 is any different? Last night, we had our first debate in TVA’s Face-Á-Face. The French language deba...
Sep 03, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere. This week, we’re joined by journalist, activist, and Green Party of Canada leadership candidate Dimitri Lascaris and National Post columnist Adam Zivo to explore the recent protests against Justin Trudeau. Do they go to far and what do they mean in the broader context of our politics? Then,...
Sep 02, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Goodbyes are hard, hellos might be harder. Off the top, Marxists love to hate social democracy. Marxism may be the dominant stream of socialist thought, but is it the only way? Today marks goodbye for Manitoba Premier Brain Pallister who succumbed to the implosion of his poll numbers and the turncoating of his political allies. After months of speculation about what happens in the next Manitoba election, one thing is clear — Brian Pallister won't be a par...
Sep 01, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! We’re joined by Geo Maher, author of the new book A World Without Police to explore the origins of policing in North America, the very real and very dangerous hold that policing us on government and society. Maher tells us that the path towards abolition and not reform is not only realistic, but necessary, if we hope to build a more safe and secure society for all. Links A World Without Police by Geo Maher About A World Without Police Tens of millions of ...
Aug 31, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Erin O’Toole and his Conservatives are fighting a very smart battle in this election, outflanking the Liberals to the left on working class issues and stealing the NDP’s thunder. The biggest loser in this battle is Liberals who increasingly become the party of the elite and out of touch. It’s a smart strategy. Political battles are won and lost on the terrain of culture, and O’Toole is expertly appealing to the cultural and class divides in Canada, foragi...
Aug 27, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Our long awaited and often plugged new Thursday format is finally here.Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere. To kick it all off, we’re joined by Washington Post contributing columnist David Moscrop and columnist and commentator Tom Parkin to explore key takeaways from the first 10 days of election 44, what can be learned from t...
Aug 26, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Election 44 just doesn’t quit with the twists and turns. Yesterday, Erin O’Toole made what might be a fatal error, and a massive gift for the Liberals m, announcing publicly that he supports a ‘two-tiered’ healthcare system. Canadians overwhelmingly oppose privatization of healthcare — will O’Toole’s embrace of a ‘pro-choice’ stance make waves? We’ve covered policy platforms as they’ve been released, and yesterday we got the news straight from the mouth o...
Aug 25, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Fan of the show? Support us on Patreon ! Dennis Kucinich’s career has been the epitome of the unexpected. Beginning with his election as mayor of Cleveland in 1977 at the age of 31 and dubbed ‘the Boy Mayor,’ Kucinich has had a long career that has taken him fro the halls of power to the grips of poverty and back again, from the halls of Congress to the campaign trail for president and governor, and now back to where it all began in a campaign for mayor of Cleveland. We sit down with Dennis to d...
Aug 24, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! Season 4 is here! Yesterday marked 10 years since we lost Jack Layton. Agree with him or not, he was giant in the world of Canadian politics and his impact and influence is still felt, and missed. The Liberals seemed to have grossly misjudged the ease to which they would sail through this campaign. They seem to be regrouping on strategy and rolled out their ‘platform’ — spoiler alert, it’s policy bullet points...
Aug 23, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! The Liberals are making promises on the campaign trail. The promises, like their politics are stale and recycled versions of promises made and broken before — politics that have cost Canadian lives during the pandemic. Should anyone believe them now? Derek Sloan, Canada’s most ridiculous political figure is parachuting in to Alberta to run his right-wing campaign in a VERY blue district. Can he pull it off? ND...
Aug 20, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! Elections Canada made a couple of flabbergasting announcements yesterday — poll workers won’t be required to be vaccinated and mail in ballots won’t begin to be counted until the day after the election. With public health at risk and the integrity of our election at stake, are we setting ourselves up for US election style shenanigans? Parties and the press love to blabber about platforms but should they? The L...
Aug 19, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! The results of the Nova Scotia election were a stunner. After calling an early election to seek a majority, Iain Rankin and the NS Liberals were soundly defeated in a whopper of an upset. The Progressive Conservatives will now form a majority government and the results have to leave the federal Liberals wondering what this means for them come September 20th. The NDP policy platform, Ready for Better, has a lot...
Aug 18, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! Today’s election coverage has elections x2 for you! Today is E-Day in Nova Scotia where the Liberals have been sliding in the polling and the opposition has been edging closer. Will Iain Rankin eat a slice of humble pie for calling an early election to grab power? Will it send a message to a bow beardless, campaign trail ready Trudeau? Platforms are almost always long, boring documents that no one actually rea...
Aug 17, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! After months of speculation — here we are. With an election upon us, what are the issues and messaging that will shape the debate? Where are the party leaders and what are they doing today? What does the path to victory look like from here? We break it down and look forward to what the next 35 days hold. Links Wealth Tax Debate - Joe Roberts & Franco Terrazano on the KNCW’s Mike Smyth show Volunteer with B...
Aug 16, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! Here it is folks — Trudeau’s electoral dysfunction is finally over. The Liberals are busily leaking to the media that an election call is coming on Sunday and we’ll be heading to the polls September 20th. The NDP policy platform is live, and the party is positioning itself in contrast to the Liberals. Will it be enough? Then, we aren’t speculating, we in a fourth wave of COVID-19. Will the Liberals and the Con...
Aug 13, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Be the first to know what’s new with New Left Radio by joining our mailing list today! Ontario shows it’s disdain for workers through a diminishing WSIB program at the expense of workers. Is this attack on the social safety net neoliberalism or just capitalism in general? The Nova Scotia NDP is surging in support in provincial election polls and the Liberal government is suffering from an all time low approval rating. With over a third of voters undecided, it’s anyone’s race! We now know statist...
Aug 12, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 70
