While here, he laid out the party’s socialist platform that he admits voters may not be ready for yet. That includes a proposal to get out of Canada’s free trade agreements, nationalize our oil, auto and mining industries and double corporate taxes up to 30 per cent.

“Are they ready yet for a radical new system? Probably not. But a lot of people are starting to reconsider the socialist alternative, because they see how capitalism is working, and it’s not working in their interest,” he said. “Capitalism is not eternal. At some point that bubble has to burst.”