Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Playtime cats.
Greg Fingas
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Martin Regg Cohn exposes the Ontario Libs' pay-to-play governing strategy, as cabinet ministers have been instructed to use their roles and access to…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Tom Parkin points out that the Trudeau Liberals are falling far short of their promises to fund infrastructure even while tripling their planned deficit.…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Michael Bader argues that a cynical view of politics represents the most important barrier to progressive victories:Cynicism is a corrosive force in our…
On open debates
As promised here, I'll take a closer look at Saskatchewan's leaders' debate and what it may mean for the rest of the campaign.Most criticism of the debate that I've seen…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Christopher May writes that any full examination of political dynamics needs to take into account corporations as sources of power, not merely economic actors:(R)ecognising…
On creative reinterpretation
Shorter Bill Morneau:Pay no attention to trifles such as a "platform". In fact, our only election promise was to draw up budget plans on the back of a napkin if…
Musical interlude
Electrostatic - Reflection
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Susan Delacourt writes that the Libs' federal budget is best seen as requiring an overriding "to be continued". And Don Martin flags a few…
New column day
Here, on what the Trudeau Libs' first budget tells us about the difficulty turning around a government - and how Saskatchewan voters should take the lesson to heart in deciding…
Juxtaposition
Verbatim Brad Wall then:(W)e may -- possibly -- campaign on in the next election, but people will be able to decide then. In other words, we would never change the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives rounds up some noteworthy responses to the federal budget. Barbara Sibbald and Laura Eggertson write that while a…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Clingy cats.
Saskatchewan 2016 – NDP Platform Review
I mentioned here that any attempt to review the Saskatchewan Party's platform ran into the problem that there simply wasn't anything worth analyzing, as two pages of conditional promises were…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David MacDonald argues that the federal budget should focus on desperately-needed public investments - with any revenue issues dealt with by raising taxes…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- James Ayre points out Radoslaw Stefanski's study as to how cutting off fossil fuel subsidies subsidies (among other public policy preferences) would go a…
On unstable platforms
With Saskatchewan's main political parties having released their election platforms, now is the time when I'd planned to put together platform reviews to better examine voters' options.But a funny thing…
Sunday Morning LInks
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Peter Moskowitz highlights why we shouldn't be counting on crowdfunding or other private sources to address social needs. And Lana Payne calls out the…
On evaluations
I've written previously about my view as to how NDP members should approach the review of Thomas Mulcair's leadership at the upcoming federal convention. And in the face of a…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Nicholas Kristof points out how important a stable and effective public service looks from the standpoint of a country which doesn't benefit from…