Here, on the lack of any connection between the Saskatchewan Party’s choice of industries and projects and the state of Saskatchewan’s economy.For further reading…- I’ve dealt with most of the content in the column in previous posts, including the P3…
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Here, on what the Keystone XL pipeline debate started by Peter Lougheed means for Saskatchewan in managing its own natural resources.
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Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s actions speak far louder than the pundits’ words as to whether or not there’s a real chance for change in the November election.
For further reading:
– James Wood has nicely covered the Sask Party’s anti-whistleb…
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Here, on Jack Layton’s political legacy of choosing principle over political expediency.
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Here, on the desperate need for changes in Saskatchewan’s electoral boundaries to better reflect the will of the province’s voters.
For further reading, see Simon Enoch’s recent post, as well as the Electoral Boundaries Commission’s initial proposal from 2001:
Electoral Boundaries Commission Report
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Here, on the silliness of this week’s hullabaloo over Nycole Turmel’s past Bloc membership – and the lessons we can stand to learn about Quebec politics in response.For further reading…- Marianne White also treats this week’s news as a teachable mome…
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Here, on how new evidence on the effects of poverty and inequality gives us all the more reason to fight them.For further reading…- Of course, the Equality Trust is the for more about the effects of inequality. – And for some of the new research on t…
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Here, on how the TILMA’s regressive trade rules are spreading across Canada in other forms. For further reading…- I’ve posted several times before about just some of the problems with the TILMA and the arguments made in favour of it, while also compa…
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Here, on the need for Canadian workers to follow Kai Nagata’s example in valuing and insisting on the right to express their opinions.For further reading…- Sandra Thomas’ rebuttal to Nagata serves mostly to highlight why most workers can’t afford to …
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Here, on the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce’s distraction tactics for this fall’s provincial election.For more reading…- A couple of greatest hits from the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce in its complete neutrality and altruism, including its late…
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Here, expanding on the hostile labour environment that’s developing as federal and provincial governments alike use back-to-work legislation as a pre-emptive attack on workers. For further reading (which should be familiar to those who read the blog re…
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Here, on how the Wall government’s economic strategy is resulting in Saskatchewan paying more to get less out of private-sector development.
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Here, with my first commentary on a subject which I’ll plan to discuss plenty more in the future: the need to protect our freedoms of speech, conscience and assembly from private as well as public intrusions.
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Here, on how Saskatchewan has avoided the usage-based billing dispute that’s caused so many problems elsewhere in Canada – and how strong and creative Crowns are an essential part of that advantage.See Christopher Walsh for a rough summary of the chang…
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Blogging may be on hold for the week, but columnizing isn’t. Here’s my latest, on the Cons’ disaster response and the broader question of what we expect from our elected leaders in a time of crisis.
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Here, on how the Wall government has turned what would be considered “corrupt practices” in any other voting process into a rational strategy for employers trying to prevent workers from organizing.
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