Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
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JimBobby Sez: CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
Continue readingcenterandleft: Mulcair’s Center Squeeze
Most New Democrats – probably all New Democrats – genuinely dislike Steven Harper. With good reason, he’s muzzled scientists, bullied unions, abandoned the impoverished, given tax breaks to the largest corporations, all things that stir up democratic socialists. Yet, their newly minted leader was not only represented the Quebec Liberal Party in the Quebec National […]
Scott's DiaTribes: A wistful we-told-you-so on the F-35 debacle
A lot of ink and writing has been spilled elsewhere over this scandal – one where the Conservative government of Canada and its Cabinet Ministers, and it’s Prime Minister has been found severely wanting by the Auditor-General on the true costs of the planes, the deliberate attempt to prevent multiple
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Trans human rights Bill C-279 Second Reading debate begins tomorrow
Second Reading for Bill C-279 comes up on Thursday April 5th, There will be an hour of debate at around 1:30 EST (11:30 MST). This is only the first part of Second Reading process, and there will likely be another hour of debate in May or possibly June. Three things
Continue readingThe Equivocator: A conversation between Micah Goldberg & Joseph Uranowski on: Progressive Cooperation
Micah Goldberg is one of my favourite people (he has guest blogged for me on a number of occasions.) One of our first conversations together was an argument about some electoral reform proposals I had put forward when I was Education & Government Commissioner on the University of St. Michael’s
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Silly NDP Budget Antics
As some know, I’m not one who normally goes out of my way to go after the NDP on a lot of things, as they have positions closer to me then the Conservatives do by a longshot, but if this is Thomas Mulcair’s new strategy, it doesn’t exactly bode well
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog is “Abortion in Canada Legal – Right Up Until Time of Birth“. Well, here goes number 22. Canada is about to
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower by a quantum measure of absurdity in comparison to our American friends – can you imagine two members of Congress
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Humour on the Trudeau- Brazeau fight
Liberal MP Roger Cuzner – with a lot of smiling Liberal MP’s around him: It might be accurate to say this has been the single biggest boost of Liberal morale since… oh.. 2004? I’m not exactly sure if that’s a good thing. I’ve also heard some facetiously say that this
Continue readingThe case for taxing the family garden
Economists frequently argue that taxing the produce from the family garden is a good idea – for example, see these papers/posts making the case for taxing food in the US, Canada, and New Zealand. read the rest here. Filed under: … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop on cannabis is disappointing but not surprising
On January 25th, 2012, a survey was released on EndProhibition.ca (a pro-NDP anti-prohibition website) where Thomas Mulcair’s campaign stated that he was in favour of decriminalizing cannabis and was very much in favour of medical marijuana. On March 18th, 2012 Mulcair was doing a t.v. interview with Tom Clark (see
Continue reading350 or bust: Harper’s Budget: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Maintained, Conservation Groups Targeted
While I’ve been traveling in southern Ontario this past week, with little time to spend on the internet, it seems that I and my fellow Canadians have fallen down the rabbit hole. With the warmest March on the record books coming to a close after decades of scientific warnings about
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Mulcair – impressive in CBC interview
This is a day ago, but I thought it worthwhile to post for those who didn’t see it in it’s entirety. The new NDP and Official Opposition Leader is being interviewed by Evan Solomon on his reaction to the Conservative 2012 Budget. I thought it was a pretty impressive performance.
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: On Trans* Beauty Contestants
I have to admit, as far as trans issues go, beauty pageants are way down my list of priorities. At a time when it’s difficult to access doctors willing to treat trans people for the flu let alone assist in transition, when even something as simple as basic human rights
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Why do this if you aren’t trying to hide something?
This action by the Conservatives is about as likely it being coincidental as the chances of me voting Conservative are: Canada’s chief electoral officer is being called before MPs to speak about the robo-calls controversy dogging the Harper government on the same day Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers his budget.
Continue readingDiscredited economics and the revered economist
In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 there was much talk from within and without the economics profession about what went wrong. Many on the outside of the profession viewed the crisis as the result of the slavish … Continue reading →
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