tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post102751742907502102..comments2024-03-18T18:33:59.080-07:00Comments on The Left Chapter: James Laxer on Canadian Social Democracy: Past, Present and FutureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post-75343603562346109212018-03-13T14:54:40.357-07:002018-03-13T14:54:40.357-07:00"In other words, what’s happened is that espe..."In other words, what’s happened is that especially since free trade, since the FTA and NAFTA, that the idea is that a party like the NDP -- if it’s in power -- is not going to fundamentally try to plan the economy or to have an economic strategy for the country.<br /><br />Instead (it’s) going to try to adapt educational policies and social policies in the country so that Canadians can cope with the changes that capitalism, global capitalism, brings to Canadians..." <br /><br />How utterly shallow this conception is can be seen from the fact that educational policies are a jealously guarded provincial matter in Canada, and were at the time, so that even in their own terms their argument collapses into platitudes and hand-wringing over recalcitrant provincial governments. Nigel Hanrahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325668042739491094noreply@blogger.com