Photo by the Kremlin The careful use of the words “likely” and “plausible” by world leaders reflects the fact that, to date, there is no hard evidence on who was behind the attack. Did Vladimir Putin order the nerve agent attack in Britain that seriously injured three? Perhaps he did.
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Canadian Dimension: Mel Hurtig and the renaissance of economic nationalism
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Mel Hurtig, the economic nationalist, is dead. The cause he championed is not.
Hurtig died last week at 84. His passing was generally viewed, if at all, as an end point to an era that i…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Stephen Harper has gone, but Harperism has not
Photo from Public Domain In conceding defeat Monday, Stephen Harper boasted that he had left his Conservative party in good shape. “When the next time comes, this party will offer Canadians a strong and clear alternative based on our Conservative values,” he told cheering supporters. “And we will offer that
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Devastating election result requires Tom Mulcair’s NDP to again rethink its purpose
Photo by United Steelworkers For the New Democrats, Monday’s election was devastating. The party went from the 103 seats it had won in 2011 to 44. It share of the popular vote was cut by a third — from 31 to 20 per cent. It was wiped out in the
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: This election campaign wasn’t about the economy
Photo by Charlene Vickers When this election campaign began two months ago, the main party leaders pledged to focus on the economy. “Now is not the time for the kind of harmful economic schemes that are doing so much damage elsewhere in the world,” Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper said
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Stephen Harper’s meanness may backfire
In politics, meanness can go only so far. Ontario’s Mike Harris Conservatives discovered that — albeit only after Harris had stepped down as premier. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s federal Conservatives may be about to learn the same lesson. Up to now, meanness — or hardball politics as it is euphemistically
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Canada’s new citizenship bill a Trojan horse
The federal government’s new citizenship bill is a Trojan horse. It is presented as an attempt to reduce fraud and rationalize the process of becoming a Canadian citizen, both of which are sensible aims. But it would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians
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