Need climate hope? Imagine the promise of green left-wing victories in Canada | Martin Lukacs

A NDP-Green pact 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, the Greens and New Democratic Party are 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.