Canada’s Made-by-Harper Structural Deficit
To hear Steve Harper tell it, Canada’s finances are a mess. He ought to know, he created the mess. Yes, the federal government has a “structural deficit” that won’t simply…
January 2012
Setting economic policy for Canada’s west
China Cheats: Push May Come To Shove, Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future “China cheats – it openly flouts trade laws – and routinely denies it. It restricts access to…
Fairway To Heaven, Or….
. Highway to H….E….Double Toothpicks? The New Jersey Star Ledger has the story: Donald Trump may be a proud New Yorker, but he’s thinking about spending eternity in New Jersey.…
Lohengrin: Act III, 3, "In fernem Land" – Franz Völker (Furtwängler, Bayreuth: 1936)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ytIY3CKn_Y&feature=BFa&list=ULyzKIB_wjhkE&lf=mfu_in_order
Reimagine CBC
A new effort that coincides with the Conservatives’ renewed attack on the public broadcaster as Parliament has resumed: “Reimagine CBC.” Leadnow.ca is driving the idea: From the digital revolution to…
Today’s Conservative: afraid of debate, emboldened by a docile media
For the 13th time in nine months, the Conservatives have stifled debate on an issue important to Canadians, especially those approaching old age. “Enthusiastic support”, indeed. When the public is…
QP: Invoking the ghost of Sir John A
Day two, and things didn’t much pick up from yesterday. In a bit of shameless self-promotion, Nycole Turmel stood up to announce that she’d just met with National Chief Shawn…
Born Again Fiscal Virgins #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale is singing the usual Tory song before contract negotiations and a provincial budget. Yes, folks, in a speech to the St. John’s Board of Trade the Premier…
Electoral Reform: Recalling an MP
In a fit of pique I was searching for the concept of recalling the government or at least an MP. I found an article discussing this concept and how it…
Electoral Reform: Recalling an MP
In a fit of pique I was searching for the concept of recalling the government or at least an MP. I found an article discussing this concept and how it…
Electoral Reform: Recalling an MP
In a fit of pique I was searching for the concept of recalling the government or at least an MP. I found an article discussing this concept and how it…
Electoral Reform: Recalling an MP
In a fit of pique I was searching for the concept of recalling the government or at least an MP. I found an article discussing this concept and how it…
Stephen Harper’s Pension Plan For Canadians
Stephen Harper can screw right off!
In Davos, A Topless Occupation
In case you missed the news: #the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was #occupied. Activists pitched yurts and igloos. And three brave Ukranian women went topless, braving the cold…
Economists say budget cuts risk more harm as Canadian economy shrinks by Bill Curry
Columnist says Conservative MPs who were never happy with stimulus spending are pushing hard for deep spending cuts in areas like the CBC.
Harper, the anti-democrat
Terry Glavin: Scrutinizing Canada’s pipeline to Beijing, Terry Glavin, National Post – one of the most powerful pieces in recent memory: “Canada is at the brink of a radical shift…
NDP wants to know PMO staffers’ salaries by Glen McGregor
Columnist says the NDP is calling on Treasury Board president Tony Clement to bring the same sunlight to salaries in the Prime Minister’s Office as the government shone on the…
730 CBC employees take home more than $100,000 a year
The CBC has more than 700 staff on the payroll making $100,000 annually, the public broadcaster revealed to a Conservative MP who had asked for salary details of top CBC…
@Goldsbie and @NickKouvalis talk #transit, but where’s @KarenStintz? | #TOpoli #TTC
Haven’t decided whether to keep using Storify or move to Posterous’s embeddable tweets. In the meantime … Related posts: @NickKouvalis tweets about transit, politics and @TTCchair @KarenStintz | #TOpoli In…
Gordon V Jackson: the corporate tax cut myth
Apparently Stephen Gordon is having a hard time figuring out where Andrew Jackson, the chief economist for the CLC, got the bizarre idea that: The argument for corporate income tax…