https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/podcast150420-jw-mason.mp3 This week’s podcast is a bit more economics-focused than usual but gets at the heart of what’s going on in the global economy where interest rates are near, at,…
The problem? The latest compendium of polls by 308 have good news and bad news. Good news for Harper who – based on these results – would form a minority…
Your news links for today: The wireless and cable industries just sued to kill net neutrality – The Verge Flurry of lawsuits filed against Internet rules – The Hill Cable…
Confused about the NDP’s real position on combating climate change? I’ve never been able to figure them out, especially since Layton and Mulcair put their party on the path to…
The Bank of Canada released it’s quarterly Monetary Report today, and held rates firm at 3/4 per cent. The Bank cut growth expectations for 2015, but expects Canada’s GDP to…
Vertical farming is a possible food production solution as suburban sprawl consumes arable land. The new style of farming essentially is a farm in a skyscraper; they have yet to…
The news yesterday was full of images from Nigeria, where people were marking the sad anniversary of the kidnapping of 132 girls and young women by Boko Haram a year…
All-time classic news report by Global’s Alan Carter. His delivery is so perfect, so deadpan, he should be up for a Pulitzer (cf. “Why are you shaming me?”). Meanwhile, there’s…
http://www.wired.com/ Yesterday, the provincial premiers met in Quebec City to map out a strategy to combat climate change. The federal government was invited to the conference but declined the invitation:…
If you really want to screw something up, you just have to wait long enough for Ontario’s Premier Kathleen Wynne to get involved. When you know that your opponents will…
Here is the link to a short study I have done for the Broadbent Institute on the Harper Record on Jobs from 2006 to 2014 based on annual averages from…
Today, working people across North America – and the world – will rally, demonstrate, and go on strike for two demands: fifteen and fairness. In the US, fast-food workers are…
Uh oh. Somebody call an ambulance, or his make-up artist, or the guy who fixes his hair helmet.Because it seems the Supreme Court has just given Stephen Harper, our Dark…
Sun Staff outta 333 King by end of ’15. National Post to become a tabloid: I remember serious rumblings 2-3 years ago that PM management wanted to turn the Post…
One of the police officers responsible for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary’s Twitter presence did an interview with CBC’s Anthony Germain last Friday. The online CBC story that came out of…
If you are the parent of an autistic child receiving early evidence based autism intervention at one of the government recognized autism intervention centres you are able to do so…
Less than three weeks ago, a 2,100 ft² house on a 3,350 ft² lot in east Vancouver sold for $2.2 million although the asking price was $1.6 million. Two weeks…
So, in 1980 or thereabouts, I left my Alberta home and went to Carleton University in Ottawa. Along with several hundred others, I enrolled in a first-year political science class.…
