[Marxism] Canada's Election: What's the Alternative to the Tories?

[Ian Angus]

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CANADA'S ELECTIONS: WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE TORIES?

By Roger Annis

Canada's minority Conservative Party government has called a federal
election for October 14. Serious issues confront voters — war in the
Middle East and Afghanistan, the economic downturn that that will grow
out of the U.S. financial crisis, and climate change that endangers
human life on our planet. But four of the five parties in the federal
parliament are avoiding serious debate on these issues.

The fifth, the labour-based New Democratic Party (NDP), has a platform
that responds to many working class needs, but it is evading vital
issues. Only action by trade unions and social justice movements can
place working class concerns at the center of the electoral spectacle.

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