The solution for Canada’s pensions problem: More Canadians
Harper’s Tory government has announced that Canada has a problem: not enough workers in future years to support pensions and old age security payments to seniors: As if that weren’t…
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What NDP members should learn from the recent Quebec plunge
The bottom is falling out of the support for the NDP in Quebec, as recent polls have shown: The NDP nosedive in Quebec shows no signs of slowing down. With…
The half-bold, half-timid Liberal Party Convention
There are three primary lessons from this Convention. First, the Liberal Party of Canada is well on the way to a renewal that will stun Stephen Harper (who believes he…
A Thank You to Alfred Apps
I have not always agreed with Mr Apps on how things were run during his presidency (especially on the ruling that to me seemed to deprive any member who wanted…
Two Resolutions that deserve to pass at the LPC Convention
I would like to recommend that attendees at our convention pass two revolutions which are aimed at empowering Liberal Party members and supporters. The two resolutions are: AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY…
Liberal Party Policies: Problems with Proposed Amendments
The list of proposed amendments to the LPC Constitution has been released. There is a disconnect between the statements in the Roadmap to Renewal and the background paper regarding the…
Some good reasons for supporting Brian Topp
If he really introduced proportional representation, then he would be a revolutionary prime minister, and go down in history as one of the great ones: Make no mistake: with Brian…
How the UK PM David Cameron blew the EU negotiations
This summary of the incredible ineptitude of the Cameron Downing Street team comes from the Financial Times. Cameron lecturing the EU on the City’s rights … It seems that the…
The Eurocrisis – A Gallic snub, No Haircuts & More Stability Funds
What a dramatic few days we have just lived through! The grandest experiment in modern history – the European Union – has weathered a major threat to its existence, with…
UK’s Cameron needs to take a lesson from The Gambler
Lissen up, David: Click here! And listen especially hard when Kenny Rogers has this to say: And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.Said, “If you’re…
Harper Tories arrogantly skating on thin ice
On June 30, 2013, we will look back over the past 18 months are realize that the month of November in the year 2011 showed the high tide of one…
NDP Leadership Debate confirms there are 4 realistic contenders
Out of nine. However, we can be proud that a Canadian party could field nine candidates of this calibre, any one of whom would knock spots of the whole Republican…
David ‘Two-Speed’ Cameron and the EuroCop
Chancellor Merkel’s glacial crawl towards the creation of an all-powerful EuroCop with powers to veto the budgets of Eurozone nations is beginning to make Prime Minister Cameron a bit nervous.…
Merkel & The Eurozone: A Battle, or a Game of Chicken?
Angela Merkel is very clear about what is going on with the latest crisis in the Eurozone – a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil:…
Gingrich & Romney: The Tale of the Intensity Chart
A very interesting chart by Gallup measures the intensity of support of Republicans of their candidates for the presidency. It takes the positives and deducts the negatives. Since July the…
Liberal Party of Canada Values – A Comparison
Liberals will meet in Ottawa in January to debate the values underpinning the Party. So far, there are two documents which Liberal attendees can review to decide this question: the…
Handy summary of the Liberal Party Renewal Plan – please pass it on
The media has been buzzing with talk about the Roadmap to Renewal and supporting documents, and Liberal circles are also astir. This quick summary gives you the gist of the…
Loss Aversion & Supporters: Lessons for the Liberal election primaries
In an article in the Globe & Mail headed The heart of reason, and the reason of the heart, Janice Gross Stein reviews Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.…
Will Germany pay more for helping save the Euro than it paid for losing the War?
The figures seem to show it would, according to Landon Thomas in The New York Times: This Lady ain’t for stampeding … Bernard Connolly, a longtime critic of European policies,…
EU should stress test the Rating Agencies, not just the Banks
Finally, someone is paying attention to one of the main problems of the 2008 financial meltdown: the rating agencies. Asleep at the switch, these agencies were caught napping when a…