Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
The Perspectives Journal Podcast complements the journal and opinions content of Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy, to bring out left-wing ideas and strategy in a new and ever-evolving format. The podcast features interviews with policy experts, to dig deeper into the progressive angles of the issues affecting working-class, ordinary Canadians.
Hosted by editor-in-chief, Clement Nocos, the Perspectives Journal Podcast aims to bring forward timely analysis on issues from the multiple crises of the economy, cost-of-living and the environment, to the labour movement, as well as the state of Canadian democracy. The wide reaching breadth of this show aims to help inform policymakers and the public about approaches to today’s pressing problems that are rooted in Ed Broadbent’s Principles for Canadian Social Democracy.
Perspectives Journal also produces and features shows hosted by the Broadbent Institute’s friends and affiliates, providing a progressive platform for limited and irregular conversations that are still necessary to enliven Canada’s political discourse. The Perspectives Journal Podcast is a proud members of the Harbinger Media Network, Canada’s progressive podcast community.
Activists Make History
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. Policymakers, activists and experts from underrepresented communities and backgrounds, that are typically pushed to the margins of Canadian political life, are front and centre in conversation with Peggy Nash, who has been a union activist, a feminist advocate, and a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons for nearly a decade.
Reflecting on these experiences as a political outsider, and in conversation with other like-minded outsiders that take our struggles into the halls of power, Activists Make History aims to show how we can win a better world through elected office. Activists Make History is only made possible by the generous contribution of Unifor.
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Extreme Wealth’s Threat to Democracy with Patriotic Millionaires Canada
Even the rich agree: extreme wealth inequality is a threat to democracy. In a new survey conducted by Patriotic Millionaires of millionaires and billionaires across G20 countries, 65% agree that extreme wealth is a threat to democracy. Yet, in front of billionaires on the Davos stage of the World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Mark Carney touts tax cuts and subsidies for AI data centres while mourning the end of the liberal world order and democratic backsliding. On the other hand, NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street whether they are aware of the societal and democratic benefits of a wealth tax.
These are two competing visions for tackling wealth inequality and democratic deficits, but the world’s wealthiest would actually agree with one you would least expect. But why do we need a wealth tax, and what should Canada do about wealth inequality?
The Perspectives Journal Podcast speaks with Dylan Dusseault, Executive Director of Patriotic Millionaires Canada, about the need to tackle extreme wealth inequality to save democracy, and his organization’s survey of G20 Millionaires.
Notes:
- Nearly 80 percent of millionaires think super rich buy political influence, Patriotic Millionaires
- Canada’s Tax Haven Dilemma with Jared Walker, Perspectives Journal Podcast
- What’s missing from the Davos agenda: taxing the rich, Dylan Dusseault, The Monitor, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth tax, Avi Lewis NDP Leadership Campaign
