Marc Lavoie and Monetary Economics
There is a very interesting interview with PEF’s own Marc Lavoie here on the Naked Capitalism site on his new book. Monetary Economics was co-authored by Marc with the late…
June 2012
Growth After Financial Capitalism
A thoughtful short essay by Wolfgang Streeck, concluding with a reflection on how extreme inequality gets in the way of a needed de-emphasis on crude economic growth.
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 20, 2012: Liberia’s Taylor to appeal war crimes conviction Luka Magnotta pleads not guilty in body…
Signing the TPP agreement will lock down our Internet and shackle our democracy. What should we do?
Yesterday, the government put Canada’s digital future at risk by signing on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). This secretive international trade agreement will give Big Media conglomerates new powers…
Summer Solstice And Other Miracles
I’m busy attending an intensive course on citizen advocacy at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding this week, which doesn’t leave much time for blogging. So, have a happy summer solstice,…
The World Is Watching
Philip Jennings has Stephen Harper’s number. Jennings, the General Secretary of the Switzerland based UNI Global Union, recently told the Huffington Post that: Stephen Harper is a male version of…
Politics and its Discontents 2012-06-20 08:01:00
Well, I see that our national poster boy for privileged stupidity, the putative Defense Minister Peter MacKay, is at it again, showing how he really feels about our brave men…
Utterly Stunning
Using the backdrop- the maelstorm of controversy, the Auditor General report that highlighted outright deception- it is utterly stunning that this government can STILL operate within a frame of obstruction…
Not China; what’s the clue? No trees!
Also the bears are white and not black & white
Morton’s Musings 2012-06-20 07:32:00
Legislature Iqaluit, Nunavut
An explosion of taste
The pastry chef, Seaman First Class Henry Bunders, had been given specific orders: “make a cake that is like a nuclear explosion.” He’d been able to recreate the effect of…
Provincial Ontario Liberals very disappointing on the environment.
This post might annoy a few people I know at Queen’s Park, but I’m a tad annoyed with the Mcguinty government, so it will even out. Mcguinty’s Liberals are pulling…
The world ponies up to the IMF
The IMF released this table at the end of the G20 yesterday showing pledges received over the past few months by countries around the world to increase IMF resources: That’s…
Northern Gateway Pot Pourri
Former chief of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Terrance Nelson announces his run for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations: So, what is my plan? 1. Support…
Yeah…
My City Councillor is pretty cool… (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
W’e’ve Heard This Story Before
Ottawa Citizen paper boxes in downtown Ottawa are now sporting “permanently out of business” signs in their windows, and are redirecting customers to nearby corner stores. This is exactly what…
Premature Budget Panic #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale didn’t bring up crude oil prices at a scrum after her speech to the offshore industry association. Reporters did. No harm. No foul. That’s the way these…
Building a Bigger Tent Is A Badly Needed Critical Analysis of New Brunswick Inclusive Education Policies and the Porter Aucoin Report
The New Brunswick government needs to do a critical analysis of the Porter Aucoin inclusive education report. Porter Aucoin is not an arms length objective review of NB inclusion practice…
Technology, Progress, and the Inevitability of the Surveillance State, Part 1
The recent kerfuffle over the Canadian government’s decision to wire for sound the Ottawa Airport, and begin recording travellers’ private conversations, has touched a nerve — the same nerve which…