Left East to West

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Left East to West

Left East to West

@LeftEasttoWest

Weekly podcast check-in on top political stories across Canada, interviews with people building this country

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Josh Bizjak: "I like engagement, but I like things that happen in real life. It can't all be synthetic" Josh talks with Left East to West about the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation and it's lecture series across the country, bringing people together IRL
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This week -- with Josh Bizjak, on working across Canada's regions to connect a national movement And also - Uber drivers in Victoria get a first collective agreement, erosion of Doug Ford's support reaches the tipping point Watch on YouTube youtu.be/NykflYm6mik
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This week -- with Josh Bizjak, on working across Canada's regions to connect a national movement And also - Uber drivers in Victoria get a first collective agreement, erosion of Doug Ford's support reaches the tipping point Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reg…
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It's a very bad plan to turn airports into private monopolies Private monopolies are price gougers -- and you pay the price The Ontario PCs privatized highway 407 in 2000, making some investors very rich returns because of the ultra-high tolls the private monopoly charged
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Heading to the CLC convention? Download and listen to our interview with Siobhan Vipond, CLC exec VP, on the shifting demands on the labour movement, today's needed jobs plan, fighting the far right, and pursuing new bargaining structures podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goo…
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McGrane: "some of the most important things social democrats have done have been at the provincial level" Universal healthcare, labour law, economic development, public insurance, public utilities -- all achieved by social democrats winning provincial elections
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Crowns to deliver affordability and economic development were key tools for early Canadian social democrats With affordability and economic development back on the agenda, so are crowns, political scientist Dave McGrane tells Left East to West youtu.be/wb4HA5nm6-Q?si…
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Last week, Left East to West reported on Newfoundland and Labrador wanting to join pharmacare, but finding Mark Carney's door closed Pharmacare is affordability. It's healthcare. And it's something Mark Carney promised to do. Get on with it! x.com/DonDavies/stat…
Don Davies@DonDavies

The NDP believes every Canadian deserves the medicine they need, regardless of the size of their bank account. Mark Carney said he would protect and expand pharmacare, but now he has abandoned that promise. Betraying that pledge is politically immoral and a democratic offence.

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For a long time, social democrats uniquely used crowns as key tools of economic development and affordablity Now with affordability and development again at the top of the political agenda, the idea of public enterprise is revitalized just as a new privatization push hits
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Canada’s early 20th century farm movement fought for power with railway and grain-handling monopolies And farm women played key roles — with some being elected as Canada’s first women MPs and MLAs and becoming leaders in forming the CCF youtu.be/gjLO95u8waE?si…
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Women were leaders in Canada's early farm movement, which fought railway and grain handling monopolies They also fought to fix property laws that excluded them Agnes McPhail went from farm movement to first woman in the House of Commons, and later was a CCF leader
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If social democrats hadn't wrested power from old elites to build a different and better Canada "we'd be the 51st state in all but name" Watch the full interview with political scientist Dave McGrane on YouTube -- or listen on podcast
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Social democrats who built Canada Join political scientist Dave McGrane to learn about key founders of Canadian social democracy — how they wrested power from old elites to make Canada different and better Watch on YouTube youtu.be/o6OFZXNsJkg?si…
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Social democrats who built Canada Join political scientist Dave McGrane to learn about key founders of Canadian social democracy — how they wrested power from old elites to make Canada different and better Listen on podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lef…
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CLC Exec VP Siobhan Vipond: Big companies spend millions to stop collective bargaining while the federal government uses section 107 to take away worker rights But we are discussing how to expand sectoral bargaining because it can help workers get better wages and benefits
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Thanks to the @LeftEasttoWest podcast for hosting CLC VP Siobhán to talk about workers, our economy, and what’s next for the labour movement.    We’re getting ready to bring that energy to Winnipeg for our convention.    Listen to the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=GhToEd…
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CLC Exec VP Siobhan Vipond: Politicians disrespect workers when they don't talk with them about the future of their industries and communities Full Left East to West interview on podcast and YouTube @CanadianLabour @CLCVPSiobhan
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