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January 31, 2012 Norman Farrell

Northern Insights / Perceptivity: BC’s income disparity worst in nation

Look past the political rhetoric, the paid advertisements and the work of reporters shilling for the B.C. Liberals. Look at information generated by the provincial government’s own statistical agency. It tells a clear story, devoid of spin: “Based on data from 2008, the average income of the top 10% of

January 31, 2012 Norman Farrell

Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Setting economic policy for Canada’s west

China Cheats: Push May Come To Shove, Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future “China cheats – it openly flouts trade laws – and routinely denies it. It restricts access to its markets, forces companies that want to sell in China to transfer technology and manufacture there, and then often steals

January 31, 2012 Norman Farrell

Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Harper, the anti-democrat

Terry Glavin: Scrutinizing Canada’s pipeline to Beijing, Terry Glavin, National Post – one of the most powerful pieces in recent memory: “Canada is at the brink of a radical shift in energy and foreign policy. But there has been no debate of any consequence about it — not in the

January 31, 2012 thereginamom

Opposing the Enbridge Pipeline: Saying No to Corptocracy

According to the Earth Policy Institute direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry world-wide amount to half a trillion dollars ($500,000,000,000) annually. That’s a lot of zeroes for an industry that is killing people, plants, animals and whole ecosystems. That’s more than $1.4 billion per day impacting the climate. Fortunately,

January 29, 2012 Excited Delirium

Excited Delirium: London Should Have More 50% Off Days

50% off wages? How about 50% off everything? Yeehaw!

January 29, 2012 Excited Delirium

Excited Delirium: If Davos Isn’t About Capitalism, What’s Stephen Harper All About?

Stephen Harper vs raging grannies. This is what Conservatives and capitalism are all about? Bullies and braggarts?

January 29, 2012 Excited Delirium

Excited Delirium: The Future of Labour in Canada

Labour has a future in Canada, but it’ll have to move swiftly and adapt before the Harpers and Fords destroy labour forever.

January 28, 2012 Jymn

The Pension Plan fiasco. Who cares? There are few jobs for someone 60, let alone 65 or 67.

I’ve been watching bemusedly – and with no little horror – the arguments waged between elite media types, celebrated authors and lowly bloggers over Stephen Harper’s hint about raising the qualification for old age pension from 65 to 67. It’s all academic, literally. What’s not being considered in these finely-wrought debates

January 28, 2012 bazie

Progressive Proselytizing: A changing psychology of economics

My 96 year old grandmother, after selling the old family farm late in her life, doesn’t need to worry about money. Yet, she worries about it constantly going to great lengths to save every possible penny. She is a child of the depression – which she speaks of whenever she

January 28, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: An Alternate Economic Strategy

It has become clear that the Harper government is all about exploiting resources. In particular, there is a large push to shrink government, curtail government programs, and aggressively expand natural resource exploitation even at the risk of alienating a large segment of the population – which they are willing to

January 28, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: An Alternate Economic Strategy

January 28, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: An Alternate Economic Strategy

January 27, 2012 thereginamom

Catching Up on Pipeline News and Actions

the regina mom has many links open in her browser window right now so this post could get long. Each relates to the Northern Gateway pipeline. The story, obviously, has legs and is running hard. There’s this bit about the HarperCons determining that there are two types in Canada, those

January 27, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: Harper’s Agenda and Playbook

Well, I wish I had of been wrong, but it all adds up so far. I’m sure more will show up, in terms of graft, when cracks finally show up in Harper’s government. First, do yourself a favor and read Federal Documents Spark Outcry by Oil Sands Critics. In the

January 27, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: Harper’s Agenda and Playbook

January 27, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: Harper’s Agenda and Playbook

Well, I wish I had of been wrong, but it all adds up so far. I’m sure more will show up, in terms of graft, when cracks finally show up in Harper’s government.

First, do yourself a favor and read Federal Documents Spark Outcry by Oil Sands Critics.

In the document, environmental organizations and aboriginal groups are shown as "adversaries." Industry associations, energy companies and the

January 26, 2012 CanadaToo

Canada II: Harper’s Agenda and Playbook

January 26, 2012 ck

See How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run

Step right up, boys ‘n’ girls, see what you’re forced to sacrifice for! Tell me again how these mega-low corporate tax cuts and austerity for the rest of us is supposed to benefit Canadians in the long run? H/T deBeauxOs who also wrote some lyrics. I don’t think they’re white

January 25, 2012 cmkl

cmkl: Fewer good jobs around so let’s eliminate more of them

That’ll make everyone feel better. A CIBC report covered today says there are fewer good jobs in Canada these days. The bank’s job quality index dropped by a per cent over the last year. Wow they have a job quality index. It’s almost like they care.