A NDP-Green coalition in BC, a $15 minimum wage in Ontario, and a surging Quebec Solidaire point toward a winning agenda in the age of climate crisis
For progressive-minded people in Canada, the last few days have presented a rare, strange scenario: almost too much to celebrate.
Months might pass without victories, but this week has given us three. In British Columbia, a coalition struck by the Greens and New Democratic Party is set to replace a Liberal government that has mismanaged the province for a generation. In Quebec, the election of a young ex-student leader has galvanized the Quebec Solidaire party and begun a left-ward shift in popular opinion. And in Ontario, a grassroots campaign has won a $15 minimum wage that will vastly improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of families.
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Source: Guardian Climate Change