So Canada’s foreign interference rapporteur David Johnston has left the building: Shorter David Johnston: https://t.co/1Kl7H9fed8 — Dale Smith (@journo_dale) June 9, 2023 Dale Smith has an excellent column Exit David Johnston about the resignation, and what might happen next: None of this solves the underlying problem that a public inquiry
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Accidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Umair Haque theorizes that the relatively benign outcome of the U.S.’ recent election reflects a public that’s finally rejecting Trumpism. But Krystal Ball notes that some of the most important Democratic success stories (notably including John Fetterman) included a message based on
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: It’s going to be a marathon, not a sprint
This marathon will be exhausting. Pierre Poilievre hasn’t even been Conservative leader for two weeks yet. By the time the 2025 election finally arrives, we’re all going to be as shell-shocked and tired as those marathon dancers in Evergood’s 1935 painting. So here’s what happened this week. On Monday we
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Timothy Wilson reports on the emerging revelations of Enbridge’s paying to harass environmental activists. And Jeremy Appel offers the background facts as to W. Brett Wilson’s abandonment of wells operated by Forent Energy – leaving Alberta’s public to pick up the tab for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Big Beyak Bigot Problem
As you know Andrew Scheer is now desperate to improve his image, and try to convince Canadians he is not a bigot.After the Globe editorial board questioned his commitment to tolerance.Mr. Scheer has apparently made it a priority to rebrand his party as a Canada's brightest beacon of tolerance. Based on
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The New York Times editorial board chimes in on how Kansas serves as an ideal test case as to illusory benefits of top-end tax cuts: The 2012 cuts were among the largest ever enacted by a state, reducing the top tax bracket by
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – PressProgress highlights how the Cons’ stay in office has been marked by temporary rather than permanent jobs, while Kaylie Tiessen writes that precarious work is particularly prevalent in Ontario. And Erin Weir notes that more unemployed workers are now chasing after fewer job
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On executive decisions
My post yesterday on the Senate’s choice to remind Canadians of its existence by blocking a bill passed by the House of Commons has sparked plenty of discussion. But I’ll highlight one of the more stunning arguments being made in favour of the Senate’s…
Continue readingIn defence of 14-year-old girls
So it was that MP Charlie Angus, the NDP’s self-appointed guardian of civility, has declared that Twitter has “turned us all into 14-year-olds in a cafeteria” where “[e]verybody gets to be a Grade 9 girl.” Yesterday’s context, of course, was Patrick Brazeau’s calling reporter Jen Ditchburn a “bitch” because she
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