Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Ladies and gentlemen, your fully accountable Treasury Board president:Clement, the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka and a former Ontario cabinet minister in the Mike Harris years, emerged from Conservative caucus…
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Accidental Deliberations: A helpful hint
To Tony Clement and the rest of the Cons: Yes, it may be tempting to count on your own government’s refusal to provide meaningful information in response to access requests as cover for shady dealings. But the recipients of your largesse might not be a…
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This and that for your weekend reading.- For those looking to paint foreign investment as a panacea for economic development, Paul Krugman offers up (via Kash Mansori) what should be a chilling correlation between capital imbalances and economic disast…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: September 20, 2011
Once again, most of yesterday’s session in the House of Commons was spent on what’s becoming dubbed the refugee punishment bill. And while there was no sign of any willingness on the part of the Cons to listen to the opposition’s concerns, there’s plen…
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This and that to end your week…- Have no fear, members of the far right: of course the Harper Cons don’t mean it when they sign an environmental protection agreement. Or pretend to disagree with foreign dictators. Or claim they didn’t pressure the ci…
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Libby Davies weighs in on what comes next for the NDP:(Jack Layton) had a vision for Canada that was about inclusivity and fairness, and he was willing to work with others to make this happen.However, …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s actions speak far louder than the pundits’ words as to whether or not there’s a real chance for change in the November election.
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– James Wood has nicely covered the Sask Party’s anti-whistleb…
Accidental Deliberations: We regret the error
But “whistleblower protection” and “coverup facilitation” are easily confused, especially when it’s the Saskatchewan Party naming the bill involved.
Continue readingNo Wonder Harper Wants Us Kept In The Dark On CETA
While our government continues to refuse to let the Canadian public in on the details of the current negotiations toward finalizing the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA) with the EU, they have no such qualms when it comes to Busi…
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Miscellaneous material to start your week.
– The Halifax Chronicle Herald pushes back against the Cons’ and Libs’ anti-Bloc witch-hunt:
For partisan reasons, involvement with the Bloc has become a game of political football. The Tories and Grits feel …
Accidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Gerald Caplan calls out the non-stop and substance-free gotcha politics facing the NDP since the public started recognizing that it had a legitimate chance to form government: It never stops and never will. The momen…
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This and that for your long weekend reading.- I’m not ordinarily a huge fan of spending much time in the present focusing on the past. But Dan Gardner’s suggested label for today’s holiday looks to be well worth adopting – if nothing else as a reminder…
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Assorted content to end your day.- Charlie Angus is leading the charge against the Cons’ plan to ram through lawful access legislation, labeling it as warrantless snooping and spying on Canadians. We’ll have to see how far Angus can get in swaying publ…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A bridge to know-nothingness
Shorter Denis Lebel:Ignorance is bliss. And we’re hard at work making sure Canadians are nothing less than euphoric.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On unwanted assistance
Shorter Harper PCO response to anybody requesting information it would prefer to pre-emptively classify as unavailable:Are you sure you want us to comply with the law on access to information? Really? Nah, you’re just kidding. REALLY? How about now?
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Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Brian Topp points out the biggest difference between the Parliamentary reaction to the Harper Cons’ attack on Canada Post workers and previous overreaches by the Con government: Before May 2, there would hav…
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Assorted content to end your week.- Plenty of observers have noted the Cons’ complete lack of a reasonable explanation for standing in the way of a global consensus to at least ensure that asbestos is accurately labeled as a hazardous substance. But yo…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Stonewalled
Not that it should come as much surprise that the release of the first report (PDF) from the Afghan detainee document panel fits the pattern of delay and distraction from the Cons. But this declaration (italics added) looks to take the stonewalling to …
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Adam Radwanski points out how Stephen Harper’s continuing Senate embarrassment figures to play into the NDP’s hands:If Mr. Harper was looking to signal once and for all that he’s abandoned his populi…
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