Government and Democracy

Real change requires vigilance from NDP and Canadian voters

The clearest outcome of this historic federal election was an overwhelming call from Canadians for a change in government, and a change in direction for our country. The Liberals have been tasked with delivering progressive change.

But achieving real, lasting change is never easy – and it cannot start and stop at a ballot box.

Harper’s Netflix Fixation: Why Do American media companies get special treatment in Canada?

Eleven weeks to go and Stephen Harper’s “no Netflix tax” is an early campaign gimmick.

It is a predictable anti-tax pitch from the PM, but it says a lot about his chaotic public policy in Canada’s multi-billion dollar broadcasting industry. Not even the wealthiest American media company operating in Canada, Netflix still rakes in $400 million a year in Canada, employs no Canadians, and contributes nothing to the Canadian television system or the Canadian economy.