Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot reminds us that the mere fact that neoliberal economic theory has failed by any rational measure doesn’t mean there won’t…
Greg Fingas
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – January 15, 2013
Following up on yesterday’s introductory post, here are my first candidate rankings for the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. 1. Ryan Meili (–) Lest there be any doubt, there’s still plenty…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings Introduction
As I did in the NDP’s federal leadership campaign in 2012, I’ll start shortly with weekly rankings intended to highlight the relative positioning of the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership candidates. But…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Daniel Wilson takes a look at how far too many in the media went along with the Harper Cons’ hatchet job against First…
#skndpldr Roundup
With the holiday break now over, we can likely expect a steady stream of news from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign until the March convention. So let’s take a look at…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne sounds the alarm about the choice of the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to cry “deficit!” as an excuse to…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Trent Wotherspoon
Let’s close my mid-campaign updates with a look at Trent Wotherspoon – who started the campaign trying to lock in an image to swing the race in his favour, but…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Erin Weir
As the candidate with the least name recognition in a field consisting of the 2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership runner-up and two multi-term MLAs, Erin Weir has spent much of the…
Musical interlude
Love and Rockets – Sweet Lover Hangover
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Ryan Meili
When Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race started, one of the most important questions for all of the candidates was the level of organization Ryan Meili would bring to the campaign: whether…
On party time
Not surprisingly, I have some reservations about Kai Nagata’s view that the federal Lib leadership campaign has much to offer toward the development of progressive politics in Canada. But I’ll…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Cam Broten
We’re now approaching the home stretch of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race – with the membership deadline looming in just over two weeks, and under two months left until the vote…
New column day
Here, on the Cons’ choice to start charging emergency-stricken communities for disaster relief work by the Canadian Forces. For further reading, see the initial report from Lee Berthiaume, as well…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Karl Flecker discusses how the Cons’ push to encourage employers to use temporary foreign workers will affect wages for everybody: In fact,…
Deep thought
I for one proudly stand in favour of preventing bad things from happening. And I’d think it’s worth being rather concerned that our federal government and its corporate puppetmasters disagree.
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Daniel Wilson discusses how Stephen Harper’s antipathy toward First Nations is making a failure of his time in office: On the global stage,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Wintry cats.
#skndpldr Roundup
With the holiday break coming to an end, let’s take a quick look at what’s new in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign before taking stock as to where the candidates…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Michael Harris discusses the impending moment of truth for the Cons in owning up to their substantive failures toward Canada’s First Nations: Whether…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Graves’ review of the current state of Canadian politics focuses in on the growing gap between the Cons’ waning interest in listening…