Accidental Deliberations: On historical echoes

Ontario’s ongoing provincial election is presenting some interesting echoes from previous campaigns – particularly the 2015 federal election which similarly involved a seemingly vulnerable Conservative majority, an NDP official opposition and a Lib attempt to jump back into default-government status.  At the outset, I’ll reiterate my longtime view that contrary

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Accidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – George Monbiot writes that rhetoric about “learning to live with it” has become the go-to excuse to allow preventable tragedies – including the COVID pandemic and the deepening climate crisis – to go unaddressed. Joe Vipond, Kashif Perzada and Malgorzata Gasperowicz argue that

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Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eric Cadesky writes about the psychology behind adherence to – and deviation from – the social distancing rules needed to keep us all safe. – Nora Loreto discusses how COVID-19 has exposed the lethal problems with Canada’s long-term care system. Karl Belanger points

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Episode 13: Doug Ford’s big win, Andrew Scheer’s deal with the Cheese Mafia, and more.

In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss Doug Ford’s win in Ontario’s election, the NDP’s mid-campaign surge, and the Green Party’s surprising growth across Canada. We also tackle Andrew Scheer’s deal with the Cheese Mafia and his purging of Maxime Bernier from the Conservative

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Accidental Deliberations: New column day

Here, on the parallels between the presidency of Donald Trump and the danger of a Doug Ford-led government in Ontario. For further reading…– Hugh Mackenzie has done the math on the PCs’ non-platform, finding a fiscal hole of $13.75 billion every year. – Graeme Gordon reports on Ontario Proud’s voter

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Alberta Politics: Unity at all costs? Ontario PC choice of Doug Ford as leader shows need for principled conservative division

PHOTOS: Doug Ford in 2014 (Photo: Bruce Reeve, Creative Commons). Below: Toronto’s calamitous mayor Rob Ford, who died in 2016; second-place Ontario PC candidate Christine Elliott, who has not yet conceded the victory to Doug Ford; Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney; and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photos: All from the

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