Has any government, anywhere, ever done as little in a four-year term as the Saskatchewan Party will admit to planning in its platform?Does anybody expect the Saskatchewan Party to break the mould?And if not, what’s been left out of the platform that’s…
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Accidental Deliberations: The counterargument
Yes, that sound you heard yesterday was Canada’s Overton window making a much-needed move to the left. And Brian Topp’s call for to actually fund better public services through taxes looks to have a positive influence on both his own leadership candida…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Marc Lee reminds us that income disparities are only a small part of the picture of an increasingly unequal economy – with wealth inequality looking far worse:These numbers are striking, with 58% of wealth in…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Lange vs Gareth Emery – Another You Another Me
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Helpful hint
If the best thing anybody is prepared to say about a policy is to recognize that it contains exceptions which don’t go far enough, that’s not exactly an endorsement.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 6, 2011
On a personal note, October 6 saw the first question period that I’ll be able to blog about after seeing in person – as well as the first time I’ve heard of question period leading with an event I’ve attended. But the more important development was the…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Frances Woolley points out just how much more efficient public-sector health services are compared to private-sector alternatives by contrasting the cost of surgery on people with the far higher rates charged to priv…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A sad commentary indeed
Yes, it probably is a victory for the federal opposition parties to win hearings into the effect of cuts to Veterans Affairs as a result of Con members who failed to show up in time for today’s meeting. But isn’t something fundamentally wrong when any …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joyce Green sees the Saskatchewan NDP’s proposal for First Nations revenue sharing as a desperately-needed starting point in remedying what should be out greatest shame as a province and country:Saskatchewan is…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
It’s bad enough having a federal government whose reaction to social problems is to tell the provinces, “No, you go first in dealing with them. I insist.” But it’s much worse having a provincial government whose response is to refuse to do anything mor…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 5, 2011
After the previous day’s relatively non-partisan and specific focus, October 5 saw a return to broad debate on the economy – thanks to both a day of debate on the Cons’ budget bill and a number of queries in question period.The Big IssueUnder the econo…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Fighting back
It’s probably been nothing more than a matter of time before a few more of the institutions in crosshairs of the Cons and their allies started fighting back rather than hoping to lay low for four years. And the CBC’s brilliant takedown of Quebecor – ju…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Both the Star-Phoenix and CBC cover an important study from the Human Early Learning Partnership pointing out the difficulties facing today’s Saskatchewan families compared to the standard of living a …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Untrusted
Daniel Leblanc emphasizes the even lower score for Quebec’s provincial government in Nik Nanos’ trust barometer. But isn’t it rather striking that the Cons’ federal government – which has supposedly enjoyed a free ride since winning a majority – is sti…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline outreach.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Presented for discussion
And we’re off, with the first major internal point of discussion in the NDP’s leadership race. As a matter of strategy, it’s fairly easy to Nathan Cullen’s announcement as a logical move – both to build his own name recognition at a point when most com…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4 was an opposition day, featuring a motion from Bob Rae on a national suicide strategy that provoked somewhat more agreement than usual. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty worth debating.The Big IssueWhile all parties naturally…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David Climenhaga responds to the Cons’ union-bashing in the guise of accountability by pointing out who actually exerts disproportionate influence under a cloak of secrecy:(M)aybe the bright light of a freshly c…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On boomerang effects
Accusing one’s opponents of having a hidden agenda has become a matter of standard-issue political strategy. But accusing one’s opponents of having a hidden agenda identical to one’s own takes rather more creativity. And chutzpah. And contortionism.So …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Dan Gardner eviscerates the Cons for their stubborn insistence on mandatory minimum sentences in even the most ridiculous of cases:Imagine a university student living in a rented apartment with her boyfriend, sugge…
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