New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s manipulative consultation designed to push liquor retailing into the private sector only managed to highlight the fact that our current system is working just…
February 2015
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Elias Isquith interviews Mark Blyth about his book on the disastrous consequences of austerity, while Paul Krugman writes that austerity is particularly…
Expert Evidence
Moore v. Getahun, 2015 ONCA 55; Expert evidence is a significant and controversial feature of modern civil litigation. It constitutes an exception to the rule that witnesses may only testify…
Which will the NDP put first: party or country?
Photo by Matt Jiggins Anyone who really wants to get the country back from the grim reaper now in charge of Canada – and who knows our political history –…
Sharpen Your Pencils, Alberta. Slash-and-burn is back.
Living in the land of the lowest taxation rates in Canada allows many personal benefits but long-term government stability has not been one of them. Relying heavily on natural resource…
The Hair hopes to hit for a homer.
And you thought the Hair had already hit the wall in his search for talent in his Conservative caucus. When you have a guy like Pierre Poilievre on your team,…
This Is Terrible
Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. (Heh, heh heh) H/t Murray S. Grant Recommend this Post
Money and Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
Some people are making a big deal over the fact that the judge heading the boundaries commission made political donations to both the Liberal and Conservative parties in the province…
Germany faces impossible choice as Greek austerity revolt spreads – Telegraph
Germany faces impossible choice as Greek austerity revolt spreads – Telegraph. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The political centre across southern Europe is disintegrating. Establishment parties of centre-left and centre-right – La…
Los indignados to Podemos, The Making of a Party
Filed under: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Federal Election Demands Action-Put Canada First
Guest post by Dorothy Field Originally published in the Victoria Focus Dorothy Field Over the holidays, I read Michael Harris’ Party of One, with its detailed description of Stephen Harper’s…
Becoming MOOC
There are two types of MOOCs. On the one hand, there is the xMOOC – this is a formal course created in a site like Coursera or EdX. An xMOOC…
Is this glass half full, and what should it cost?
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Last Thursday (February 5th) the BC government unveiled its new pricing framework for water use in BC. The new pricing for BC water was undertaken after…