Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- There's always been reason for skepticism about the pundit-class theory that the 2011 federal election should simply be deleted from the history books…
Greg Fingas
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ed Broadbent comments on both the growing problem of inequality, and the one institution which can do something about it:Canada is not doing better.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddled cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Boothe discusses the dangers of giving in to resource-boom hype rather than planning for sustainable development:The resource roller coaster and the crazy…
On post-mortems
Alice offers up the definitive analysis of last night's federal by-elections, and I won't go over too much of the same territory. But I'll quickly add a few observations for…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The U.S.' budget negotiations are leading to some public lobbying as to whether wealthy Americans will make any contribution whatsoever to closing the country's…
On sad traditions
I haven't commented much on the latest out of the federal Libs' camp. But I'll quickly expand on the similarities noted by Paul Wells between Justin Trudeau and some of…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Michael Geist notes that even as the Harper Cons have done nothing but hand more free money to big pharma through ever more generous…
#skndpldr Roundup
The Saskatchewan NDP's leadership campaign hasn't seen a lot of official news over the past week, as the candidates look to have directed most of their efforts toward the continued…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Yves Engler thoroughly discusses how the Harper Cons' foreign policy has included bullying countries around the world into placing the profits Canadian mining interests…
Musical interlude
Delerium - Consciousness of Love
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Christopher Curtis and Stephen Maher break the news that the Cons have falsified donation records, claiming donations to their Laurier-Sainte-Marie riding association from individuals…
On precedence
There's not much doubt that Canada's debates over the FNOOC/Nexen takeover bid and FIPPA investor privilege treaty with China have become intertwined. But it's worth noting that some observers seem…
New column day
Here, on the need to question both the importance of trade agreements compared to other forms of interjurisdictional cooperation in general, and the Cons' warped priorities in particular.For further reading...-…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Diana Carney discusses the public's growing recognition of inequality in Canada:I see three root causes of our concern with inequality in Canada (three…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Macdonald takes a closer look at a Fraser Institute study on income mobility, and finds strong evidence that there's a significant lack of…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Floored cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- Frances Russell nicely sums up the effect of the Cons' bevy of anti-democratic trade deals:Don’t be fooled. The innocuous language used to describe the…
On competitive questions
There's been plenty of talk in recent weeks about how the Calgary Centre by-election might serve as either the time for an inter-party pact to limit voters' options opposing the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Laura Ryckewaert reports that Elections Canada's response to Robocon is now including an unprecedented level of public consultation, while Stephen Maher and Glen…