Friday, October 21 saw another day of debate focused largely on the Cons’ anti-consumer copyright legislation.The Big IssueOnce again, copyright was the largest issue, with Tyrone Benskin summing up what’s wrong with the Cons’ bill in its current form:…
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My parents deserve healthcare too!
Last week the Canadian government decided to stop accepting sponsor application for parent and grandparent applications. They have decided that they can’t process any more sponsorship application for parents of Canadians who are still living abro…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Canada rejigs how 254,000 immigrants are selected annually
A new type of immigrant is quickly taking advantage of the Canadian immigration system, and Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney wants to make it even easier for them to settle permanently in Canada. The Canadian Experience Class program is granting fast track access to immigrants who have already spent time in Canada, are familiar with … Continue reading »
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Frances Woolley points out just how much more efficient public-sector health services are compared to private-sector alternatives by contrasting the cost of surgery on people with the far higher rates charged to priv…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4 was an opposition day, featuring a motion from Bob Rae on a national suicide strategy that provoked somewhat more agreement than usual. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty worth debating.The Big IssueWhile all parties naturally…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Recent Immigrants and the Crisis
It is no secret that times of high unemployment and precarious work are especially tough for new and recent entrants to the job market, notably young workers and recent immigrants. The latter were especially hard hit in the recession and slow recovery of the 1990s, when new immigrants had great difficulty finding decent jobs and […]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 3, 2011
Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons’ anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons’ single set of poorly-reasoned talking points was beginning to get stale. And Kevin L…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 30, 2011
The Harper Conservatives’ choice to talk about everything but the economy continued on September 30, with the day’s debate taken up by the Cons’ anti-refugee bill as well as a first look at the latest incarnation of Senate reform. The Big IssueLet’s gi…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 23, 2011
Friday’s session in the House of Commons saw a few themes discussed which figure to be hot topics of discussion for the next little while – with the continued focus on the Cons’ anti-refugee bill partially giving way to economic and foreign-policy issu…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 20, 2011
Once again, most of yesterday’s session in the House of Commons was spent on what’s becoming dubbed the refugee punishment bill. And while there was no sign of any willingness on the part of the Cons to listen to the opposition’s concerns, there’s plen…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 19, 2011
With the start of the fall session of Parliament I’ll plan to resume taking a daily look at what happens in the House of Commons – with a particular focus on the stories that don’t necessarily make the headlines written about question period.What You D…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Tim Hudak’s Hypocracy is Apparent in Recent Immigration Debate
Perhaps Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak would like to find a new issue with which to drive a wedge between the Ontario electorate and Premier Dalton McGuinty. Why? Because in recent days, his decision to use an immigration pledge in the recently-released Liberal platform shows both his lack of experience as a party leader and … Continue reading »
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: McGuinty’s immigrant pledge is simply bad politics
McGuinty has recently made an election pledge to provide $10,000 dollars in support for businesses that hire immigrants. Regardless of what one might think about the policy itself, it is a tactical error in a political campaign and will almost certainl…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Leadership for Ontario
“You want the politics of anger, resentment and division? That makes you feel good? Then Mr. Hudak is your guy. If you want to do things so that we can grow stronger together, build something better together – then that’s what we’re putting on the table.”
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario Votes 2011: McGuinty’s Prescription For A Cancer Called “Canadian Experience”
The Liberals pledge to offer $10 000 in tax credits to Ontario businesses that hire new immigrants is spot-on. It might just be the cure for a stubborn cancer called “Canadian experience”. Foreign-trained immigrants with professional creden…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Taking On the Dolts – Highly Skilled Immigrant Tax Credit Edition
Here’s a selected line from the wonderful new platform released by Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals yesterday:”Immigration is another Ontario advantage. The quicker we engage the skills newcomers have when they arrive, the quicker they will succeed. We’ll …
Continue readingbastard.logic: Facts vs. Narrative, Utoya Edition
by matttbastard Norwegian journalist Magnus Nome was in the good ol’ US of A when self-styled counterjihadist crusader Anders Breivik decided to escalate his murderous fantasies about Eurabian conquest from Outer Wingnuttia into the real world. Thankfully, CNN, Fox News … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- No, we shouldn’t be surprised that Clark-era PCs disagree with the Harper Cons given that their leader long since jumped ship as well. But Peter Blaikie’s take on the Cons’ dumb-on-crime policies is still worth…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Conservative “war criminal” round-up a made for TV spectacle
Some groups are only comfortable if they have enemies to fight, real or imagined. If you were wondering how the Conservative government would adjust to having a majority government and a rookie opposition, don’t worry: where they can’t find enemies…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Jackson attacks the myth of expansionary austerity, particularly from a Canadian perspective:(T)here is very rarely any such thing as expansionary austerity, according to IMF staff economists.In a carefu…
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