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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Blunt Objects: Nycole Turmel – Dancing With Separatists
While I have the greatest respect for the current situation the NDP is in, what with their permanent leader Jack Layton taking a break to fight another occurrence of cancer (I wish all the best for his fight), one has to wonder what he and the NDP cauc…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: What Jack Layton Sees In Interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel
The intensifying scrutiny of Nycole Turmel, NDP leader Jack Layton’s choice to replace him while he’s away for cancer treatment is healthy for Canada’s democracy. But the negativity by the right-wing media misses the point. Self-rig…
Continue readingJack Layton Steps Down Temporarily As He Fights a New Cancer With the Same Courage He Usually Does
Jack Layton made the announcement this morning alongside Olivia Chow in Toronto. As usual, Layton shows optimism by telling the media and Canadians that he will be back when parliament resumes come September 19. Let’s all hope so. Say what we will about Jack Layton. The one thing we can’t say about him . . . → Read More: Jack Layton Steps Down Temporarily As He Fights a New Cancer With the Same Courage He Usually Does
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: "If I have tried to bring anything to federal politics, it is the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart"
Very sad news today, with Jack Layton announcing he is now battling a new form of cancer. He will be taking a leave of absence as party leader to focus on getting health, and has recommended that Nycole Turmel take over as interim leader.
Continue readingJack Layton stunner. Taking time off to treat ‘new cancer’. Nycole Turmel to be interim leader.
Good luck, Jack. Hope you return healthy and cancer free. We need you. God, we need fighters.Turmel’s profile.Prediction: Blogging Tories will claim Layton is just doing it for attention. UPDATE: Too late.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: First things first
Meanwhile, for those wondering what the NDP has been up to in its first summer as Official Opposition, the Hill Times has part of the answer:(W)ith so many new and young MPs, the question begs asking about whether or not this year’s summer caucus meeti…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Two words put the Ruth Ellen Brosseau brouhaha in perspective: ‘Rob Anders’
Above: Ruth Ellen Brosseau in her riding. Below: Rob Anders and Peter Goldring. Need we say more?Since the media has shown such reluctance to let it go, let’s put this whole Ruth Ellen Brosseau brouhaha in perspective.Ms. Brosseau is the young wo…
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