Here, on how the small-c conservative wave that was projected as a possible consequence of a majority federal government has instead given way to a tide of voters rejecting the Harper Cons’ mindset. For further reading, Susan Delacourt and I both consi…
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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your midweek reading.- Erin compares the stimulative effects of Ontario’s election platforms:A multiplier is the amount by which a dollar of budgetary outlay increases Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The federal Department of F…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: NDP Leadership Roundup
A few very quick updates since my last commentary on the NDP leadership race…Martin Singh, Nathan Cullen and Paul Dewar are in, while Thomas Mulcair should be shortly (with Phil Edmonston’s endorsement). Brian Topp’s new endorsers include Libby Davie…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chris Selley points out the absurdity of Ontario’s Libs and PCs both running away from the idea of a coalition just as needlessly as their federal counterparts. But let’s remember that since the NDP spoke up for…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On labelling
Aaron Wherry has noted that one Stephen Harper answer that struck me as shocking has in fact become a regular Con economic talking point. And it’s worth noting both how inaccurate the line about an “expansionary” fiscal policy actually is, and the harm…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Light posting ahead
Gone a-conferencing until next Friday, with limited posting in the meantime. But that’s fine, since there are plenty of provincial elections which should keep you busy in the interim.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Trish Hennessy points out that there’s a debt crisis facing many Canadians that will only be exacerbated by public-sector slashing:1.57 TrillionCanadians’ household debt in the second quarter of 2011, reach…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan – Silence
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 28, 2011
Wednesday’s Day in Review comes a day later than usual. But I’ll plan to stick to the new schedule for future editions, as the anchors which nicely point to interventions from the current day seem to have a habit of disappearing later. The Big IssueOnc…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Dan Gardner rightly points out that the Cons’ continued efforts to trash our parliamentary institutions now that they have a majority shouldn’t come as any surprise – even if they still demand plenty of outrage:Got t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Ostentation nation
Remember the dark days gone by when “gold-plated” political perks were only a metaphor? Because John Baird is apparently putting that long national nightmare behind us.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Unite the Left Behind the NDP
No longer just a post tag, now a reality.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brian Topp highlights the fact that any shared sacrifice to address the Cons’ carefully-fabricated federal deficit needs to include those who have the most to spare:Instead of increasing revenues by cutting hig…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the Regina Food Bank’s current crisis demonstrates the need for a social safety net that isn’t so easily shredded. For further reading…- The Leader-Post has more about the problems now facing the Food Bank.- The number of current Food Ba…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 27, 2011
Tuesday in Parliament saw another day taken up largely with discussion of the Cons’ omnibus dumb-on-crime bill. But the tables were turned on them repeatedly, as several efforts by the NDP to reach unanimous agreement on the parts of the bill which are…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Ladies and gentlemen, your fully accountable Treasury Board president:Clement, the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka and a former Ontario cabinet minister in the Mike Harris years, emerged from Conservative caucus…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Deep thought
I’m sure it’s utterly preposterous to even suggest that it’s theoretically possible that the Harper Cons might want to torch public money just for the sake of torching public money.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Armine Yalnizyan highlights the fact that while the Cons fight for ever more inequality, even business groups are noting the risks of that direction: That (the Conference Board of Canada and the Intern…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 26, 2011
Monday’s session in the House of Commons was dominated by the debate over another military extension in Libya. The Big IssueOnce again, the Cons were able to win a vote for perpetual military action with the support of the Libs and Bloc. But it wasn’t …
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