December 2013
The Future Of The Green Party Of Canada: Glory Or Oblivion?
The CDN Green Party is in tough these days. Some are suggesting they throw in the towel and throw their voters to the federal Liberals. But I can’t say who…
George Osborne’s Economic Policy: More Poverty, Worse Public Servies
Check out @chakrabortty’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/chakrabortty/status/409810696763760640 Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, Conservatism, neoliberalism
Happy birthday — not
It’s been 10 years since the Reform Party swallowed up Canada’s traditional conservative party. What’s worse is that they’ve been ruling for 8 of those 10 years — and with…
From My Quotes Cupboard: Tony Blair on Labour’s problem
Labour just did not have a large enough constituency to govern: From early on, even before my election to Parliament in 1983, I had realised the Labour problem was self-made…
My new approach to winter? Ignore it.
Do you know how hard it is to avoid the weather? If you walk out of your house, it’s impossible, of course. What I’m talking about is avoiding conversation or…
Airport in Chesterfield Inlet
Remember the song "Take the long way" …
Dec. 8:My life is in ashes….
… I forgot to buy a lotto 6/49 yesterday. I mean, what is Sunday without a chance to look up my losing ticket? Mr. Mandella spent 27 years in prison,…
Simultaneous translation inadequate for bilingual jury trials
R v Gagnon 2013 QCCA 1744. Serious implications especially in Quebec and Nunavut.
The Development Centre of Yi Women and Children In Liangshan
I was deeply moved by a CBC news story about families affected by the AIDS epidemic in Liangshan, the home of the Yi (or Norsu) people, in rural villages of…
Beyond Stop Harper
Confronting austerity and the Conservative agenda Struggles for climate justice are working to stop corporate oil pipelines. Indigenous movements are fighting to decouple economic growth from the exploitation of traditional…
Poisoning The Wells In Canadian Politics
By now, we’re probably all sick of hearing about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and everything to do with him. However, it’s worth considering just how he got elected in the…
Mulcair just another Harper…
Some aggressive NDPers claim Justin Trudeau is “Harper with a smile” and his energy policy is “virtually indistinguishable” from Harper’s. Yet in a recent speech, Thomas Mulcair takes a position…
A Canadian housing bubble? Evidence from capital inflows
Warning: A wonky, but thankfully short, post follows. Yesterday, the Naked Capitalism blog reposted some recent research by OECD economist Eduardo Olaberria that looks at the effect of capital inflows…
Welcome to a Very Progressive Blog Party!
This week, I will be blogging here at the Caregivers’ Living Room for Caregiving.com‘s annual Progressive Blog Party. So, let’s put up the Christmas tree, break out the carols, light…
Harper Job Record in 2013
Further to Erin’s post, the Labour Force Survey numbers released by Statistics Canada on December 6 give the lie to the Harper government’s frequently heard claim that our economy is…
On getting e-mails.
There was an executive decision years ago when this blog started that there is little need to waste time editing comments from others. To be fair, your writer also does…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Grant Gordon rightly criticizes the “taxpayer” frame in discussing how public policy affects citizens: (T)here’s a difference between being smart with our…
Specific degree of culpability not shown by post offence conduct
R. v. Jaw 2009 SCC 42: In sum, Vertes J.’s reference to the appellant’s post-offence conduct in his charge to the jury is not an error capable of affecting the…