Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom adds another piece to the picture showing the Cons’ efforts to shift both jobs and wealth offshore, pointing out that…
Greg Fingas
#mtlqc13 Priority Resolutions – Social Policy
Not surprisingly, the social policy resolutions up for discussion this weekend include a wide range of issues – and I’ll avoid highlighting the resolutions dealing with either familiar topics of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lana Payne offers an introduction to austerity for Newfoundland and Labrador residents who are just learning about it on a provincial level: In…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cozy cats.
#mtlqc13 Priority Resolution – Environment
On the environmental side, I’ll limit my focus to one priority resolution. That’s in part because the NDP’s existing policy book looks to largely cover the most important aspects of…
#mtlqc13 Priority Resolutions – Economy
Following up on my earlier post, let’s start taking a look at a few of the resolutions which I hope to see discussed and passed at this weekend’s federal NDP…
On changed incentives
Steve has already pointed out RBC’s status as the leading beneficiary of corporate tax giveaways in the context of its outsourcing of Canadian jobs (using temporary foreign workers as an…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Harris takes aim at Stephen Harper’s thugocracy: There is little that Stephen Harper has done that other prime ministers before him have…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Stephen Maher points out why we shouldn’t believe the Cons for a second when they claim to care about cracking down on offshore…
On priorities
Yesterday, I posted a brief overview of the policy resolutions set to be discussed at the NDP’s federal convention in Montreal next weekend. But over the next few days, I’ll…
On topics of discussion
In advance of next weekend’s Montreal convention, the NDP has released the resolutions (PDF) to be voted on by delegates. And for all the distraction created by a non-binding constitutional…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star makes the case for a serious crackdown on offshore tax avoidance: Thanks to a spectacular data leak Canadians are getting a…
Juxtaposition
Shorter tar sands shills trying to get the general public to do their PR work: Our oil industry affects every single Canadian from coast to coast to coast. Speak up…
Musical interlude
Sneaker Pimps – Half Life
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Frances Russell weighs in on the Cons’ continued contempt for democracy: The Conservatives under Stephen Harper are running an effective dictatorship. They believe…
On adaptation
Murray Mandryk’s Wednesday column serves as a downright painful example of Monday morning quarterbacking – cherry-picking examples from seven decades of Saskatchewan governments to criticize “rash decisions” without recognizing the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – John Greenwood and CBC News both report on the offshore tax avoidance being revealed through the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. And…
New column day
Here, on how the CFIA’s inability to do anything about tainted horse meat exemplifies the problems with weak and under-resourced regulators. For further reading…– Again, Mary Ormsby’s original story is…
On contradictions
Aaron Wherry nicely points out some of the jaw-dropping contradictions in the Cons’ climate change messaging. But let’s not forget a few more worth adding into the mix. Having refused…