It’s a sombre morning for much of Canada, as millions are contemplating the vastly changed federal political landscape. Okay, okay, tens of thousands are contemplating it, more realistically given voting patterns. Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. – Shakespeare That quote always reminds me […]
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Politics, Re-Spun: Liveblog of Jack Layton’s Funeral
It’s been an astonishing week since Jack Layton’s death and not-so-surprising outpouring of public grief and recognition of what he brought to Canadian politics and public service: optimism and integrity, as I see it. What about you? His funeral is set for today at 2pm, Toronto time. Please feel free to participate in our liveblog […]
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Green Energy Proposals Part II: Party Positions
In Part I, I sketched an overview of the consequences of various green energy proposals. Because it is election season in Ontario, let me note the following party observations with respect to these various green energy proposals.
Firstly, Conservative…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On entry barriers
Following up on this post drawing some first outlines of the NDP leadership race, I’ll deal briefly with one of the points that has surfaced in most media coverage: namely, whether candidates should have to be bilingual.
For the most part, every thre…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Jack Layton & Steve Jobs
I’m a tech nerd and a Mac Head, for sure. I have a Macbook Pro and an iPhone and we have an Apple TV. I’m almost embarrassed to say that I’m a little bit excited to see the new iPhone 5/4S and only pushing the limits of my common sense has prevented me…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week.
– John Moore points out why the Canadian public is mourning Jack Layton with as much sincerity and energy as we’ve seen over the past week:
He wasn’t the only nice guy in politics, but he was one of the few t…
Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.
– Leftdog points out that the Wall government’s regressive ideology is doing exactly what it usually does – resulting in workers losing ground as a result of stagnant wages and skyrocketing costs even as billions of d…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Jack Layton: A Funeral Befitting A Great Canadian
It’s one of those solemn Canadian moments: A casket draped in the flag of Canada. A body lying in state on Parliament Hill. Canadian flag on the Peace Tower and public buildings across the country flying half-mast. Canadians, in their thousan…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On target groups
We’ve already seen a couple of days of frantic media speculation as to who might succeed Jack Layton as the NDP’s permanent leader, and I’ll add my own list of possibilities before too long. But before considering who might run, it’s worth taking a bro…
Continue readingbastard.logic: Greatly Exaggerated Rumours, Jack Layton Edition
by matttbastard Michael Valpy addresses the current conventional wisdom that without Jack Layton, the NDP — and Canada’s left — is now doomed, doomed, DOOMED! Ahem. Sorry ’bout that. Now, where were we? Oh! Right. Valpy: When polls from the … Continue reading →
Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.
– Heather Mallick highlights the dangers of the permanent unemployment which regressive politicians around the globe are so vociferously demanding in the guise of austerity:
As we fend off a double-dip recessio…
Accidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on Jack Layton’s political legacy of choosing principle over political expediency.
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: A Post-Jack NDP: If the NDP were a stock I’d be shorting them
Jack Layton, long time NDP leader, died on August 22nd. He brought the NDP from 13 seats and 8.9% of the vote under Alexa McDonough to his stupendous 2011 results of 103 seats and 30.63% of the vote. He pulled the party from a million Canadians voting …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: NDP avoids straight answer on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
You can tell if a provincial opposition party politician supports Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat Falls plan by how many words it takes to explain his or her position. New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael proved the point on Wednesday with a news…
Continue readingRedBedHead: I Owe Jack Layton $20,000
I’ve been a bit swamped with work in recent days and in my own world, so I was shocked to hear about the passing of Jack Layton. I must admit that it made me misty eyed. I won’t pretend that I agreed with everything Jack stood for but he was a principl…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.
– Lee Berthiaume and David McGrane both discuss the team and the strategy that helped the NDP to build to its current level of support and success. And it’s worth noting that since the NDP is still in …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jack Layton and the Power of Myth
(Click pic to enlarge)On my way home this evening, I stopped by City Hall to check out this improvised and rapidly growing memorial to Jack Layton.Where people were dropping by to write chalk messages to the lost leader. On the ground……
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Remembering Jack Layton
CBC’s 22 Minutes fondly remembers the late NDP leader:
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Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: 22 Minutes Remembers Jack Layton
A look back at some of Jack’s appearances on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Watching that prompted me to go digging through the RMR archives…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.
– Geoffrey Stevens notes that much of the Cons’ justification for utterly senseless choices is to point to an imaginary majority:
We don’t have a “silent majority” in Canada. It appears we have instead an …