This is an essay I wrote in 1997 titled Ten Arguments for Proportional Representation. I used the 1993 federal election as a starting point. Some
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Watching the Trump years at the White House is like watching Citizen Kane without knowing how it ends, without even knowing what “rosebud” will mean.
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Continue readingThe Decarie Report: Nov. 13: The Canadian Empire
Oh yes, there is a Canadian empire. Us Canadian just don’t like to brag. (I guess that’s why the Moncton Times and Transcript never mentions
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If you remember, when we last left Andrew Scheer he was riding with the notorious Ford Gang, the ugliest group of Con climate change deniers
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: A Government Stymied by Cognitive Dissonance
Peter Lowry (Babel-on-the-Bay) posts that some sort of donnybrook that pits Liberal caucus petro-pols against their fellow environnmental backers is underway. To me it seems
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "What Do I Have To Do To Earn A Decent Life?"
As my disenchantment with humanity and myself grows, I look for things to counteract the deep cynicism that has gripped me, things that demonstrate the
Continue reading52 Ideas: Why I am going to vote Yes in the referendum
Anyone who knows me will be shocked by the brevity of this piece. However, for me, it is pretty easy to see why the city
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday November 13, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Did you know that a probationary
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Cat videos – NaBloPoMo Day 13
Let’s take a moment to remember the origins of something that’s changed the way we do business, the way we consume arts and culture, and
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: None Dare Call It Victory: U.S. 2018 Elections
Photo by U.S. Embassy Canada For months, the leadership of the Democratic Party hyped the message that a ‘blue wave’ was on its way that
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: A Marxist History of Capitalism
A Marxist History of Capitalism Henry Heller Routledge, 2018 Since the 1970s, Marxist discussion of how and when capitalism was born has been dominated by
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Quebec Goes Its Own Way
If Andrew Scheer was planning on making inroads in Quebec, Chantal Hebert writes, his opposition to a carbon tax has doomed his efforts: In Quebec,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump, the Enemy Rain, and the Scary Trumpy Bear
As I'm sure you know, Donald Trump's trip to France, to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I, was a diplomatic catastrophe.And a PR
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Economists vs Environmentalists.
Welcome to ringside folks. Tonight’s card is a new version of Albert Einstein’s E=MC². Tonight’s main bout is between Canada’s federal liberal economists and its
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Kibasi writes that the UK’s best option in light of its impending Brexit is to develop
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anti-Porn Resources.
Nice to have some quick facts and statistics all in one place. When arguing wit porn-sick dudes there is almost always a bevy of misinformation
Continue readingThings Are Good: How One Billionaire Plans to Help Save the Planet
The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has decided to not be idly rich and watch the environment fall apart around him. He’s decided that over the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Too many senior managers are leaving the City of St. Albert: It’s time for City Council to explain what’s going on
ST. ALBERT, Alberta What the heck is going on at the City of St. Albert? According to the headline on a small news story inside
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