Book Summary

What has happened to the Canadian left? Why is it little more than a shadow of its former self and often indistinguishable from the political right? How did the Canadian left, which once wanted economic equality, evolve into its current form which so often tolerates grotesque differences in income and wealth within Canada and between Canada and the poorer nations?

This is the book that answers those crucial questions. The author contends that the salient value of the early left was economic equality, analyses the numerous reasons why the left has renounced that goal and exposes the inadequacies of the Canadian left.

The author states what many people on the left do not want to hear and the book will shock and infuriate many leftists. But the author also suggests the way forward out of the current dreadful situation and evaluates the prospects for the left's return to the value that inspired its creation.