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December 10, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Harnessing The Energy Of The Young

http://www.vice.com/ Generational conflict awaits Canadians — unless the young are brought into the political process. And Franks Graves’ latest polling suggests that is

December 9, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Imagine The Damage

http://firstdegreepr.com/ When Mike Harris became premier of Ontario, he appointed John Snoblen as his first Minister of Education. Ironically, Snoblen had dropped out of high

December 8, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Firing Up The Base

http://www.hilltimes.com/ It’s interesting to consider the titles of bills that the Harper government steamrolls through parliament. Consider a few: The “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural

December 7, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Journalists First

http://www.quillandquire.com/ Except for the occasional episode of The Nature of Things, I don’t watch CBC Television. But I do listen to Radio 1. The Gomeshi Affair

December 6, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: One May Smile And Be A Villain

http://www.popsugar.com With Industry Canada’s approval of Burger King’s takeover of Tim Horton’s, Oakville officially became the home of the Whopper. But Gerald Caplan writes that the real home of the Whopper is Ottawa. And, while several past governments might lay claim to telling the biggest whoppers, the

December 5, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: The Real Villain Is Stephen Harper

http://globalnews.ca/ The opposition parties are calling for Julian Fantino’s resignation. It’s true that Fantino has bungled every cabinet position he’s held. But he has never run any ministry for which he has been held responsible. Michael Harris writes: No Harper cabinet minister runs his or her department. Fantino does

December 4, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Make No Mistake. It’s Madness

http://www.oddbloke.ca/ Some commentators have suggested that, after the Michael Sona trial, no political party would be stupid enough to try any robocall shenanigans. Linda McQuaig

December 3, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Tax Fairness

http://occupynatick.org/ The Robert Reich documentary, Inequality For All explains with remarkable clarity what has happened in the United States over the last forty years and in Canada over the last thirty years. Reich argues that the economy will implode unless there is a fairer distribution of income between citizens.

December 3, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Tax Fairness

December 2, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: A Pig In A Poke

http://dailyenglish.cz/ Stephen Harper hopes to be re-elected on his boast that he knows — better than anyone else — how to manage the Canadian

December 1, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Something Doesn’t Add Up

http://saveourschoolsnz.com/ After Michael Sona was convicted of election fraud, Stephen Harper had nothing to say, even though the judge in the case concluded that Sona did not

November 30, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Laughing All The Way

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ Stephen Harper is in power because the two so called “progressive” alternatives have spent more time fighting each other than fighting him. The current furor

November 29, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Back In The Resource Trap

http://www.slideshare.net/ Falling oil prices are puncturing Stephen Harper’s dream of transforming Canada into an energy superpower. Tom Walkom writes: For this government, Alberta’s oilsands were the key to Canada’s economic future. Alberta heavy oil would be sold to the world at premium prices. Spin-offs would provide jobs for Canadians

November 28, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: All Smoke And Mirrors

marinduquegov. Julian Fantino announced this week that his government had earmarked $200 million for veterans’ mental health services. However, as Michael

November 27, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Governments and Climate Change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Our present masters would have us believe that markets are the sine qua non of human existence. Conversely, they claim that government is

November 26, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: The Quiet Native Revolution

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/ In his book, A Fair Country, John Ralston Saul argued that Canada owed its existence to three founding nations — Britain, France and its First Nations. But he took the argument further than that. What was best about us, Saul wrote, was what we unconsciously inherited from our

November 25, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Pre-Paleolithic Neanderthals

stephenlewisfoundation.org/ That’s what Stephen Lewis calls the Harper government. Lewis has always known how to turn a phrase. But he’s also always known how to make an argument. And the evidence he offers in support of his case is damning. Tim Harper writes in the Toronto Star: Canada’s world

November 24, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Taking His Cue From Goering

Naomi Klein coined the phrase “disaster capitalism.” Taking his cue from Klein, Michael Harris writes that “disaster democracy” is alive and well in Canada. It’s not a new phenomenon. Herman Goering explained how it worked when he was on trial at Nuremberg: “Voice or no voice, the people can always

November 23, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Nowhere Man

http://www.musicstack.com/ Yesterday, I wrote that Stephen Harper’s refusal to deal with Kathleen Wynne could have significant electoral consequences. Martin Regg Cohn writes that those consequences are being felt now with the alliance which Wynne has established with Quebec premier Philippe Couillard: There’s a reason the Quebec-Ontario summit

November 22, 2014 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Ontario Is Ground Zero

http://thelasource.com/ Stephen Harper won his majority by convincing enough Ontarians to vote for him. But those same Ontarians now have a premier who is not