Rounded democracy
Many legislative debating chambers have been designed and built in the past 50 years. Living in the UK, I’ve been able to travel to and see a number of them.…
February 2015
More On The Harper Record Of Contempt
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When Getting It Wrong No Longer Matters
In the age of neoliberalism ideology matters, not results. Neoliberalism ensures there’ll always be another bus to drive into the next ditch. Call it what you like, be it “market…
Free trade to blame for growing income inequality in Canada
A study recently released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that the modern free trade era has exacerbated income inequality in Canada. The post Free trade to blame…
Feb. 21: Racism and me – and you…..
This isn’t about new news. It’s about old news – that might still be quite new to many readers. Why did the the US fight a war in Iraq when…
Responsibility
So yesterday I got into an argument about who was responsible for the tragedy of two children dying while adults squabbled: While the house burned early Tuesday, the truck sat…
Where is the outrage about the RCMP’s witch-hunt?
At one time I instinctively assumed that government agencies were apolitical, servants of the people, not the servants of any particular philosophy or party. That, it increasingly seems, was the…
On extended intrusions
There’s been plenty of discussion as to the similarities between the Cons’ terror bill and Pierre Trudeau’s 1970 invocation of the War Measures Act. And it’s certainly worth reminding ourselves…
Harper’s Slide Into Fascism Is Complete
With the tabling of Bill C-51, Harper has completed his slide into fascism, with a healthy dose of totalitarianism added to it. Effectively, Bill C-51 not only creates a PMO-controlled…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading. – Al Engler argues that it’s long past time to start raising taxes on the wealthy to make sure that Canada can fund the…
walmart increases wages: workers united are winning, and the struggle must continue
Workers in the US have won a significant victory in their struggle for dignity and a living wage. This week Walmart announced that within one year, all current Walmart employees…
REBLOG: Everything’s Harper: C-51 and the unmaking of Canada
Here is a great article on ipolitics
Ten Key Takeaways from Tony Bates
Like pretty much everyone else in the field I’ve been immensely enjoying Tony Bates’s work-in-progress, an online open textbook called Teaching in a Digital Age. Having said that, I think…
Stuff happens, week 7: The return of premiums; a Canadian dog has its day.
The Prentice government continues to float trial balloons. Not long ago, it was a sales tax. Now, it’s the return of health care premiums. The government says most Albertans are…
I’ve Made My Decision. What More Is There To Discuss?
H/t Occupy Canada It would seem that our supremely arrogant confident demagogue, Dear Leader, feels little need to waste his time in the House of Commons talking about a bill…
Sayings Caregivers Hate, Such As "Let me Know If There’s Anything I Can Do"
If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never doneFact: Caregivers need help. Fact: Many caregivers have trouble asking for help.…
Harper History, Part 3 – First Con Minority
Jan 2006 – Sept 2008 In part three of our series examining the things that Mr Harper and his supporters have done that impacted our democracy we cover the period…
Here’s the way it works Ms. Wynne.
The bad news is that the buck stops at your desk, Premier Wynne. Many politicians have gone down over the years because of the same arrogance. It can happen to…
Stephen Harper and the Foul Flames of Bigotry
In his more than nine years in power Stephen Harper has done many foul and disgusting things. But he has never stooped lower than he has now.And he has never…