This and that for your Sunday reading. – The Economist reports on new research estimating that COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 million lives in their first year of availability – though that reality makes it all the more galling that there’s been so little progress both in ensuring greater availability of
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Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Carly Weeks reports on the work being done to begin to understand and treat long COVID, while Erika Edwards reports on the profiteers directing people toward lucrative (if not necessarily effective) interventions where governments have failed to offer anything. Mario Canseco finds that
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Assorted content to end your week. – CBC News reports on the expert response to deaths caused by the spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant in a Calgary hospital – including needed warnings that vaccinations aren’t a bulletproof line of defence against it. And Mary Van Beukesom discusses how the
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Adam Hunter talks to epidemiologists about Saskatchewan’s pitiful COVID-19 response and the avoidable disease and death that have resulted. Gary Mason warns that we shouldn’t expect to be into a post-COVID period by this summer. And Crawford Kilian writes that not only can
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Defiant Kenney on minister’s Hawaiian hijinks: No rules were broken, so no consequences
Aloha, Alberta! Jason Kenney doesn’t give a hoot* what you think. Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard’s Christmas post on Instagram, published while she was in Hawaii (Photo: Instagram). That’s the key takeaway from the premier’s defiant news conference early this afternoon about the cabinet minister who jetted off for a
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Niki Ashton writes about Justin Trudeau’s glaring failure to understand the importance of parity in services and genuine nation-to-nation recognition as core elements of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. – Helena Hanson points out that voters are entirely unsatisfied with both Trudeau and Andrew
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Reference Page
A one-stop source for general links on the 2017 NDP leadership campaign, to be updated as the race progresses. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in comments. General InformationNDP Constitution (PDF)Leadership Rules (PDF) – Voting ProcessNDP Leadership 2017Leadership Debates: Ottawa (March 12) – Montreal (March 26) – Sudbury (May
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The latest from the NDP’s federal leadership campaign following Jagmeet Singh’s impressive first-ballot victory. – Paul Wells discusses how Singh’s youth and optimism fit with the NDP’s history and self-image. Jeremy Nuttall interviews Brian Topp about some lessons Singh can take from Jack Layton – including his apparent plan to
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Don’t expect an NDP cold war between Jagmeet Singh’s federal New Democrats and Rachel Notley’s Alberta caucus
PHOTOS: Jagmeet Singh, whose campaign to lead the national New Democratic Party came to a successful conclusion yesterday. (Photo: NDP.ca.) Below: Alberta NDP Leader and Premier Rachel Notley, former Alberta Progressive Conservative premier Alison Redford, and former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith. So, it’s Jagmeet Singh, and decisively. But don’t
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Having no potential national leader obviously helpful to Notley Government may be liberating to Alberta New Democrats
PHOTOS: Candidate Niki Ashton, in Edmonton during the 2012 NDP leadership race. (Photo: Olav Rokne.) Below: Charlie Angus, Jagmeet Singh, Guy Caron and the late Jack Layton. (Photos: All from the Wikimedia Commons.) Like a rural highway through northern Alberta, the federal New Democratic Party’s leadership race has seemed long,
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign as we reach the last day of the first round of voting. – B.J. Siekierski reports on the latest Mainstreet poll showing Jagmeet Singh with a lead, but significant room for movement at each step in the campaign. And the Huffington Post
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign as the first voting window closes. – Robin Sears frames the choice of members as being between a comfortable fit with Charlie Angus and a more ambitious option in Jagmeet Singh, while the Toronto Star’s editorial board offers its endorsement to Singh
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign as the first voting window remains open. – Power & Politics and the Toronto Star have each posted new summaries of the candidates and their plans. Gloria Galloway reports on Charlie Angus’ campaign as focusing on taking the NDP back to its
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – CBC reports on Nathan Cullen’s endorsement of Jagmeet Singh – which may make for one of the few shows of support capable of influencing members at this stage of the campaign. – Althia Raj highlights Charlie Angus’ rebel yell, while Alex
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Despite the federal NDP’s candidate showcase there hasn’t been much change since last week’s rankings – and so I won’t update those for this week. Rather than ranking the candidates based on their perceived likelihood of winning, I’ll instead take the opportunity to offer my own endorsement and ballot ranking,
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign as tomorrow’s showcases approach – and as members begin to fill out their ballots. – The Star’s editorial board has been meeting with the candidates, resulting in articles about Niki Ashton‘s determination that the NDP not be outflanked by Liberal rhetoric on
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Here, on how the Libs’ weakness in closing even modest loopholes is allowing tax entitlement to win out over tax fairness. For further reading…– Justin Ling offers a useful look at the minor moves to rein in the abuse of private corporations in this year’s budget. Konrad Yakabuski rightly argues
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Rankings – September 10
No, there isn’t any change in this week’s rankings compare to last week’s positioning. But I’ll post nonetheless to discuss how the candidates performed in today’s debate, and how that looks to set up the balance of the campaign. 1. Jagmeet Singh (1) While some different metrics continue to point
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign in advance of tomorrow’s final official debate. (Though the Huffington Post is advertising another to come on the 27th.) – Elizabeth McSheffrey paints Charlie Angus’ purpose as being to rebuild public trust in politics as a means of giving a voice to
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – NDP McGill has prepared handy summaries of the background and policy proposals of each of the leadership candidates. – Tim Harper writes that Charlie Angus is relying on the NDP’s grassroots as the foundation for his campaign – particularly compared to
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