Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Wells speculates as to what comes next for the Harper Cons once their first set of legislation is rammed through a majority Parliament. But as Wells notes, we shouldn’t get sidetracked as to where those …
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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nanos confirms that even as cities are starting to crack down on the Occupy movement, the general public is highly sympathetic to the message about reining in inequality and corporate control:The Nanos…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on Saskatchewan’s unique opportunity to translate the widespread public concerns about inequality and corporate control highlighted by the Occupy movement into electoral change. For further reading, here’s the Abacus poll referred to in the column.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leading nowhere
After several months of interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel being neatly edited out of far too much coverage of Canadian politics, it shouldn’t come as too much surprise that she’s behind Bob Rae in the latest Nanos leadership polling. But I’d think the m…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Susan Riley comments on Brian Topp’s mention of raising taxes as a necessary price of greater equality and better social programs:(H)owever reasonable, limited or incremental (Topp’s) plan turns out to …
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Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Abacus’ Canadian polling on the Occupy protests suggests that there’s loads of public sympathy for the view that there’s a need for change in how wealth and power is distributed – with the main concern being …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Untrusted
Daniel Leblanc emphasizes the even lower score for Quebec’s provincial government in Nik Nanos’ trust barometer. But isn’t it rather striking that the Cons’ federal government – which has supposedly enjoyed a free ride since winning a majority – is sti…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Unite the Left Behind the NDP
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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- This blog’s current tagline highlights the importance of asking cui bono? when it comes to public policy choices. On that front, points for chutzpah to Baljit Chadha, who actually has the gall to argue that a…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On poll positions
There have already been a few polls released surrounding the NDP leadership race, and there figure to be many more to come in the next few months. So I’ll take a moment to explain why I haven’t spent any time discussing the ones released so far – and h…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Susan Delacourt points out some analysis from Greg Lyle which looks to confirm my general take on the real balance of popular opinion between the Cons and the opposition:It’s important to understand that the …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A propos of nothing
While much of the NDP’s federal election result has been painted as the result of Jack Layton’s popularity, it’s worth noting exactly how the party results compared to some of the different measures used to track leadership preferences. In the weeks be…
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Assorted content to start your week.- Once again, the NDP’s popular support is holding up in the face of plenty of predictions to the contrary. But I’m sure we’ll hear all about how the leadership race will do what the scrutiny of an election campaign,…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On clear preferences
At least a few pundits have theorized that the NDP might get pushed into a merger due to the desire of Quebec voters to see greater cooperation among parties opposing the Cons, as evidenced by their support for past coalitions and other short-term coop…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Mostly competent government
Since the examples are piling up and pogge is nowhere to be found, let’s quickly list off the latest examples of the kind of management Canada’s corporate press so strongly endorsed. Promises made with no funding or follow-through solely for the purpos…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Deep thought
Somehow, I’m sure this proves that the NDP can’t hope to hold its public support now that Jack Layton isn’t around to lead it into the next election.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Facts not in evidence
I suppose it shouldn’t come as much surprise that some Libs are now suggesting they’d prefer torching every existing progressive political structure in Canada to working with the NDP in its current form. But let’s ask whether there’s any truth to the p…
Continue readingAccidental 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: Reason for hope
In keeping with Jack Layton’s message of hope and optimism – expressed in his last letter as well as so many other times throughout his political career – let’s take a moment to note that as much as the NDP will miss his leadership, it will also enjoy …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On improved positions
Last week, I noted the top-line results from Angus Reid’s latest federal polling. But perhaps even more important than the stability in Canada’s party polling numbers is the question of which party is living up to the expectations underlying its popula…
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