Here’s one politician who – rather belatedly – has managed to frame the issue in a way which will make it difficult for Germany to say No. He has shifted the focus to the future, to the reforms that Greece is determined to implement:Greek Prime Min…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Ontario leaders debate tonight is big
We enter the Ontario leaders debate tonight with a new poll from Ekos released today showing the Liberals with a 4 point lead over the PC’s and the NDP in the mid-20′s. According to threehundredeight.com, combined with the findings of another poll release last night by Abacus (with their new polling methodology), that would lead to a bare Liberal majority.
Therefore, I would submit the pressure is on the opposition parties’ leaders to perform well. Hudak needs to do so to salvage what has been a fairly miserable campaign for him (losing a massive lead in less then 3 months to now possibly losing the election outright). Horwath on […]
Continue readingMorton's Musings: City cuts would save less than $30 million
The shortfall is at least $500 million; the cuts do not come even close:
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Daniel Dale
Urban Affairs Reporter
The proposed cuts Toronto's council w…
LeDaro: Republican GOP Debate 2011
SNL version.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Globe on Corporate Cash Hoards
Today’s Globe and Mail (page B15) mentions the PEF in a story on the corporate sector’s record-breaking accumulation of cash, a subject about which we have often blogged. Corporate Canada has tripled its cash stash in each of the last two decades. The following Statistics Canada figures are “Canadian currency and deposits” plus “Foreign currency […]
Continue readingKilling Jobs Softly With Her Logs
PauperizeTheBrutes!TheFoolsGold(en)EraVilleOr…..To be more precise, Christy Clark-Campbell’s government’s job-killing policies that have lead to the export of 40% of all the timber harvested in this province this year as…. Raw Logs.And that, to put…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon consumption.- John Cole points to a study comparing economic choices between psychopaths and stock traders – with even more disturbing results than one might expect:According to a new study at the University of St. G…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On backup plans
As part of rabble’s discussion of what the NDP can do to increase its membership in Quebec during the course of the leadership campaign, one commenter has suggested a targeted donation system to reward candidates who sign up new members. And the idea m…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Musical CRTC Chairs: Why Konrad Von Finckenstein will probably be missed
The Canadian Press broke the story this morning: CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein will not be reappointed when his term ends in January.
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LeDaro: Herman Cain: In-depth interview. :)
Herman Cain the presidential candidate 2012
Continue readingRedBedHead: Video: "The Collapse Is Coming… Goldman Sachs Rules The World"
I have to say that it’s not often that people at the heart of the stock market casino come out and tell the truth about the operation of the system, so kudos to this trader, though it is a remarkably cynical worldview. If he’s right that the institutio…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Dean Del Mastro: Champion of Democracy and Scientific Polling Methodologies
The biggest fireworks so far in the sleepy Ontario election campaign have not come between the candidates, but between the pollsters. And there’s a new pollster on the block – Dean Del Mastro:Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary ha…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Twitter Conundrum #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kathy Dunderdale sends messages using Twitter. Herself. Using her own two hands. Someone who has spent about 60 years in this province - give or take – and who has been a prominent municipal and provincial politician before being yanked out …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Conservatives to replace CRTC Chair in new year
From the Canadian Press
The head of Canada’s broadcast regulator won’t be re-appointed to the post, the Canadian Press reports.
CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein’s five-year term expires in January.
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The Disaffected Lib: This Seems to Surprise Americans – In Canada, Blacks are as Healthy as Whites
In Canada, white people are no healthier than our black people. When I read that my reaction was, “well, duh.” Why would a Canadian achieve different health outcomes based on race? Well apparently what we mi…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Healthcare in America – a Tale of Feast or Famine
We’re all familiar with the accounts of America’s healthcare “have nots,” the tens of millions who get by with no health insurance and the hundreds of millions who are vulnerable to partial health insurance or capricious insurance companies.  …
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Before You Slam Shut Your Mind on Nuclear Power, Read This
It’s a reflection of how little most of us know about nuclear power generation that we fell apoplectic at the Fukushima reactor disaster. The tragedy of Fukushima is if we allow an accident caused by a tsunami at an aged, “first generation”…
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Cartoon: Enbridge Showdown in Kitimat
Check out the latest from our cartoonist and Kitimat resident, Gerry Hummel. The town’s council recently hosted a public forum on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, which would end its 1,100 km journey from the Alberta Tar Sands at the Po…
Continue readingPhilip Toone previews his fall
Next up in my roundup of gay and lesbian
MPs is NDP MP Philip Toone, whom I caught up with late last week.
Q: How did you spend your summer?
A: I certainly spent a lot of time in the
riding. We’re just at the point of setting up our riding …