On full information
Michael Harris’ latest is well worth a read in offering a guide to avoiding the worst consequences of election-year spin. But it’s worth noting that his most important advice is…
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NDP leadership in Manitoba: the final stretch
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
Too Good Not too Share
Although I’m not sure that the benighted Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls will completely get it: H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
Caveat Emptor
http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/ We should approach the next election with caution. That’s because the nature of electoral politics in Canada has changed. Michael Harris writes: The old electoral politics of presentation, explanation…
Cascading cuts result in new home care restructuring
The government is coordinating cascading efforts to move patients from organizations where more care is provided to where less care is provided. For hospitals, government funding models and directives have…
Axelrod on losing the narrative
The Globe scored a bit of coup, and got former Barack Obama (and former Dalton McGuinty!) advisor David Axelrod to talk to them over the weekend. He provided some fascinating…
Habits for Happiness
It turns out that just by doing some small changes to your daily routine you can dramatically improve your happiness. By adding very small habits to your day you can…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Janine Berg writes about the need for strong public policy to counter the trend of growing inequality. And Gillian White traces the ever-increasing…
Why Stephen Harper’s Bigotry Will Come Back to Haunt Him
As you know I am having a hard time accepting that Stephen Harper would actually use fear and bigotry to try to win himself another bloody majority.Because even though he…
Free political advice
Don’t (a) plead for a call from a respected former Prime Minister (b) promise to keep it confidential (c) then tweet about the call, while (d) making it sound like…
Mr. Brown’s win-win for Premier Wynne.
The phones were ringing early in Barrie yesterday. Conservatives were stunned. Liberals were in shock. New Democrats were confused. Not that this blog ever wants to say “We told you…
Michael Harris’ Guide to Street-Proofing Our Votes
As you may have heard, Ottawa has been swirling with rumours that Stephen Harper could be getting ready to call a very early election. So he can strike before the…
In this week’s Hill Tines: when you drop 15 points
You’re the incumbent, you’re smart, you’ve got plenty of experience, but you can’t get ahead in the polls. So what do you do? You call for a series of leaders’…
The Elephant in the Room, the Astigmatic Seer, and other horrifying budget tales #nlpoli
Has anyone noticed a small problem in all the discussions about next year’s budget? On Point’s David Cochrane had both NAPE’s Carol Furlong and the Conservative’s pet economist Wade Locke…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu Could End Up Hurting Stephen Harper
Oh. My. Gorilla. I see Benjamin Netanyahu has begun his controversial visit to the United States.Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in the US to argue against a possible nuclear…
Own a bit of the Starship Enterprise
The passing of Spock – and an imminent move – reminded me of the treasure trove of Star Trek Stuff I own. Among the Trek gems: two original (and authentic)…
Pilger: Why the Rise of Fascism is Again the Issue
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger John Pilger’s thorough examination of fascism from the German Nazis Holocaust through to the US led attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Kosovo,Vietnam, and the sorry list…
Still awaiting confirmation that his birth, prophesied by a swallow, ignited a bright star in the sky that immediately changed the season from winter to spring and caused an awe-inspiring double rainbow to appear
There are reasonable responses to a Prime Minister’s being unable to attend the Canada Winter Games. And then there’s Bal Gosal’s reply, which sounds much more like the type of…