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Accidental Deliberations: On starting points
It’s certainly been interesting to see Saskatchewan’s local corporate media go out of its way to trample coverage of the leadership debate with a poll which was outdated from the moment it was released. And I’ll have plenty more to points out about the coverage of the campaign generally. But
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday #skvotes Links
The latest news and notes from Saskatchewan’s 2020 election campaign. – Nicholas Frew reports that a majority of Saskatchewan’s voters are willing to fund a reduction in class sizes. And PressProgress highlights how Scott Moe is insisting that the public health measures required in every other indoor space be waived
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Assorted content to end your week. – Chris Giles reports that even the IMF is warning governments not to engage in avoidable austerity. And Richard Kozul-Wright and Nelson Barbosa write that governments face a choice between investing in a recovery now, or facing years of stagnation and uncertainty – which
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Gloria Dickie documents how the Arctic region may already be in a death spiral caused by climate change. Katharine Murphy reports on IMF research showing that current policies and plans are woefully inadequate to address the climate crisis. Joseph Winters notes that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skdebate Notes
For those who weren’t able to watch Saskatchewan’s leadership debate last night, it’s well worth a look: Many viewers seem to have been surprised by Ryan Meili’s effectiveness. And he certainly moved past what I’d seen in the NDP’s leadership campaigns in terms of managing the debate environment, making full
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday #skvotes Links
Saskatchewan’s election day is rapidly approaching (and indeed voting is already underway). And with plenty of content being generated, I’ll plan to offer some link posts dedicated to news of interest to voters. – PressProgress has been providing plenty of important election news – even if it has regularly been
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On diverging paths
Tonight’s Saskatchewan leadership debate will include plenty of back-and-forth as to whether we should vote for a better government, or settle for staying the course. And in answering that question, it’s worth taking a look at exactly what the status quo involves. Back when Scott Moe was threatening a spring
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Michael McGrath warns that the second wave of the coronavirus is once again moving much faster than the governments charged with controlling it. – Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Catherine Pattillo and Raphael Espinoza discuss the value and importance of public investment as
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On anachronisms
Taking another look at the respective platforms of the Saskatchewan NDP and Saskatchewan Party, it’s striking to see how little of the policy content – as compared to the surrounding wording – appears to have changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic. And with both parties having had to ramp
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Douglas Jang discusses how a bias toward slow and limited government has made our response less effective. Pouyan Tabasinejad points out that we shouldn’t allow politicians to blame the public for their own fecklessness. And Morgan Kelly writes about new research showing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On distributive options
Both the Saskatchewan NDP and Saskatchewan Party have released their election platforms. And for all of the electioneering around what might be anticipated outside of those, we can already tell plenty from how each party has framed its flagship promises. Take, for example, how the parallel Crown rebate promises from
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Richard Warnica discusses the end of a summer in which we’ve been far too lax about limiting the foreseeable effects of COVID-19. Aaron Wherry writes that the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic will hurt all the more since we’ve learned – but
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On silent threats
The science of COVID-19 (italics in original, underlining added): Are pre-symptomatic carriers more contagious before or after they get symptoms? “People tend to be the most contagious before they develop symptoms, if they’re going to develop symptoms,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. “They call that the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On non-disclosure
Much of the pushback against any discussion of Scott Moe’s patterns of drinking and driving, vehicle accidents and general refusal to own up to anything of the sort boils down to two themes. The first is that somehow, the authority to decide whether to discuss Moe’s harm to others lies
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Yglesias discusses how the Republicans avoid having to answer for antisocial plans (such as wanting to limit access to health insurance based on pre-existing conditions) because voters simply don’t believe they could possibly be as evil as they act when given
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alisha Haridasani Gupta discusses why so many women have been excluded from the workforce during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kathryn Marshall comments on the epidemic of violence against women – as well as the need to intervene before abuse reaches
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On irrational forces
As Saskatchewan voters consider our options in this month’s provincial election, Alberta’s UCP could hardly be more clear in offering reminders of the cost of putting reckless right-wingers in charge. And this week, the most prominent development on that front has been the decision to pay $2 million for some
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