The Conservative Party of Canada admits to breaking the law, and describes it as a victory.
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Aaron Wherry profiles how some of the NDP’s youngest MPs won a place in office, and the work they’re doing now that they hold the role.- It isn’t the kind of endorsement against type that would have the largest…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On mixed contributions
Having pointed out in today’s column that the Saskatchewan NDP’s poor election results were far more readily traced to public perceptions of Dwain Lingenfelter (along with broader party issues) rather than the party’s platform, let’s briefly put Lingen…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Plenty of people who should know better – including Bruce Johnstone and David McGrane – seem eager to paint the results of Saskatchewan’s election as an indication that the NDP should simply run on the Sask Party’s platform rather than advocating for i…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Evening Links
Assorted content for your evening reading.- Murray Dobbin nicely summarizes what the Cons are hoping to do in prioritizing big-money “philanthropy” over a functional state and civil society:Ideology is meaning in the service of power, and the Conservat…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nanos confirms that even as cities are starting to crack down on the Occupy movement, the general public is highly sympathetic to the message about reining in inequality and corporate control:The Nanos…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Packed-up cats.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: And we’re off…
I’ll start looking at the candidates in more detail now that the NDP’s leadership contestants seem to be set in the wake of Niki Ashton’s entry. But before getting to that, I’ll note that while a few of my initial favourite possibilities took a pass, t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Dr. Dawg follows up on Stephen Harper’s apology to residential school survivors, and rightly questions how sincere it can be when it’s been followed up with repeated efforts to avoid either actual compensation o…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The new baseline
In this year’s federal election, the NDP took 32% of the vote in Saskatchewan – but didn’t win a single seat as other parties dropped off the map and the Cons consolidated public support in all but one riding. And in last night’s provincial election, t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Setting the tone
We’ll find out soon whether the latest Sask Party vote suppression has any impact one way or another on tonight’s election results. But even if not, it may nonetheless be rather significant in setting the province’s narrative for the next four years.Af…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Decision time
It’s election day in Saskatchewan, and time for voters to decide based on a rather stark choice of two sets of priorities:So please vote, and to encourage others to do so. Because by tonight, we won’t be able to have a say at the ballot box until long …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saskatchewan Election Update
I won’t reproduce the post here. But see my updated Saskatchewan Election Links for all the information you’ll need for tomorrow’s provincial election.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Rick Salutin nicely describes what’s behind the “charity” model of top-end wish fulfillment that the Cons are pitching in place of actual social programs:The Old Philanthropy, aside from a few big foundations…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On virtuous choices
Margaret Wente’s latest isn’t that far off of my criticism of most of her reactionary pablum. And the fact-checking of her column is entirely deserved. But she does manage to highlight an important choice, even if she rhetorically assumes exactly the w…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Dan Gardner highlights how Stephen Harper is imposing exactly the kind of costly, top-down policies on Canada’s provinces that he once railed against:This week, at least five provincial governments, starting …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Unethical standards
Yes, Geoff Leo’s debunking of Bill Hutchinson’s supposed “mainstreeting” is well worth a view. But I’d think the story deserves to be taken somewhat more seriously than it has been so far.After all, it’s hard to see Hutchinson’s setup as anything but a…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Econoline Crush – Sparkle and Shine
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 20, 2011
The main topic of debate on Thursday, October 20 was the Canadian Wheat Board – with extensive discussion in Parliament of both the Cons’ steps to shut down debate, and the substance of what should happen with the Wheat Board.The Big IssueThe passage o…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- If there’s any good news in the Cons’ constant attacks on labour, it’s the growing recognition that workers need to fight back with no less a concerted effort than they’re facing from a hostile government. And the po…
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