http://www.express.co.uk/The Conservatives are blaming Justin Trudeau for the…
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Northern Reflections: Another Vessel
http://www.spaulforrest.com/This week, in answer to a Conservative question about why…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Back To Citizens
http://www.civiceducationva.org/a21.htmlSusan Delacourt writes that, when Parliamentary reporters used to converge on Bo…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Lot Of Spitballs
There is a difference, Gerry Caplan writes, between a mere Member of Parliament and a Great Parliamentarian. Great Parliamentarians respect the institution. Members of Parliament are like the kid who hides a straw in his desk and uses it to shoot spitb…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Misplaced Admiration
http://pursuitchannel.com/Those who pay most dearly for the neo-liberal binge we have…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: In The Absence Of Hope
http://www.macleans.ca/Canadians were shocked by what happened at La Loche a …
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Is This Where It All Leads?
https://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/Rick Salutin asks an interesting question in today’s Toront…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Ghosts From The Past
“History doesn’t repeat itself,” Mark Twain wrote, “but it rhymes.” This week, in the House of Commons and in Quebec, politicians were replaying golden oldies. Susan Delacourt writes:Here was interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose, for example, tell…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: How Long?
http://www.businessinsider.com/In the wake of Justin Trudeau’s trip to Davos, Gerry Caplan a…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Forcing The Decision
http://www.cbc.ca/There has been a lot of chatter recent…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: That Harper Stain
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Continue readingNorthern Reflections: From Peacekeeper To Arms Dealer
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/ Stephen Harp…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Some People Are Slow Learners. Some People Never Learn.
Rona Ambrose has embarked on a cross country sales tour. But what, exactly, is she selling? The product is not “new and improved.” Gerry Caplan writes:They have learned nothing. They have understood nothing. They are the Bourbons of our time, t…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: What Has Happened?
http://www.cnn.com/While Barack Obama is trying to ensure that everyone who p…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: When Artists And Public Intellectuals Sell Out
American neo-liberalism has become a juggernaut, Chris Hedges writes, because it has successfully convinced citizens to forget their intellectual heritage:America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage means it ha…
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