Evidence suggests that we all like it long. Mayors of Canada like it long. It helps them prioritize the next transit or water main development. Police like it long. It helps them decide how to recruit, to reflect the changing communities they serve. Medical researchers like it long. It helps them see patterns of disease, […]
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The Progressive Economics Forum: Courting the Women’s Vote in 2011
Every party is courting the women’s vote. They are The Undecided – more women than men are still parking their vote. That’s typical of most elections. Women listen for longer, decide later in an election campaign. When the time comes, they will be the kingmakers, if you’ll pardon the term. It leaps to mind because […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Shock and Awful – The Truth Behind CIT Cuts
Cutting corporate income taxes doesn’t create jobs. They may raise wages, but probably not for you and me. And they mean Canadian taxpayers are paying more….to help the Americans pay down their debt Here’s how I know these things to be true: Yesterday SUN TV rolled out its first full day of programming. The prime […]
Continue readingThe Afghan Documents: The Speaker’s Ruling
After providing an exhaustive review (45 minutes of background, precendents and rulings) of the case of whether Harper’s government had breached parliamentary privilege by censoring and delaying the release of the documents related to questions about w…
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