Accidental Deliberations: Visionless

Shorter Trudeau Liberals last month, trying to justify shutting down Parliament and setting up a game of Parliamentary chicken over a throne speech: It’s absolutely vital that we talk about VISION! And LONG-TERM PLANNING! And a FRESH MANDATE FOR CHANGE!!! Shorter Trudeau Liberals now: On second thought, this is no

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Accidental Deliberations: On obstructionism

I’ll give Yaroslav Baran credit for explaining in this thread how Parliament’s standard procedures have been modified over the summer. But it’s hard to see how that offers any justification for the Cons’ contrived outrage over Parliament being “shut down”. In essence, the process boils down to two elements. First,

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Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jordon Cooper writes that the Saskatchewan Party’s slash-and-burn budget confirms that for them, the poor don’t matter. CBC reports on the devastating effect the budget will have on municipalities, while Courtney Markewitch reports that Saskatoon’s city council is fighting back. And Joel Senick

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