Kinder Morgan couldn’t have a better friend than Justin Trudeau: Texas-based Kinder Morgan made a seven-fold return on the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline system to Canada’s federal government, according to a new report that also warns the federal budget deficit could jump by 36 per cent because of
Continue readingTag: Neoliberalsim
Politics and its Discontents: This Is Peerless!
The neoliberal agenda is in for a real takedown by Owen Jones here: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Special Understanding
Under successive neoliberal administrations in both Canada and the U.S., it has long been demonstrated that those occupying the upper echelons of our fractured societies are granted a myriad of benefits, not the least of which seems to be a virtual moratorium on prosecutions when wrongdoing is uncovered and proven.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Guest Post: An Incompatible Marriage
In response to my post the other day featuring some stellar letters from Star readers on inequality, regular commentator Pamela MacNeil offered an insightful analysis of the fundamental incompatibility between democracy and neoliberalism. Here is that analysis: Governments who value Democracy, Lorne, will govern in the interests of people according
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: How Bill C-51 Has Taken Away My Freedom of Speech
In February of this year, Thomas Walkom wrote of the NDP and Bill C-51. The party hadn’t yet decided on what position they should take, as the best route to a political advantage. By all indications, they will vote against Bill C-51. Mulcair signaled that again this week when he
Continue reading