Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeffrey Simpson marks Peter Lougheed’s passing by discussing what he brought to Alberta’s political scene that’s been sorely lacking ever since: Mr. Lougheed,…
Greg Fingas
New column day
Here, on the importance of substance over spin in politics – and the counterproductive effect of dedicating a party’s resources to the opposite effect. For further reading…– As I’ve previously…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Pat Atkinson discusses the importance of unions in ensuring a fair deal for all workers: It’s because of unions and their tenacious advocacy…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline oversight.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Don Lenihan responds to Allan Gregg’s recent critique of Canadian politics, featuring this on the connection that ought to exist between ideology…
Move along, nothing to see here
And certainly no reason for worry about this afterthought as the Cons decide which immigrants they’d like to throw out of Canada on their respective ears (or prevent from arriving):…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alice interviews Allan Gregg about his sharp criticism of anti-evidence politics, and finds some optimism on Gregg’s part that clear falsehoods will eventually…
Sunday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
No, the Saskatchewan Roughriders shouldn’t try to plan to win games the way they did today. But while the ‘Riders left plenty of room for improvement, they also showed some…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephen Kimber makes the case for a financial transactions tax in Atlantic Business: (W)hat can supposedly sovereign nations do when individual governments…
On timelines
For the most part, I tend to be skeptical that annual caucus retreats should be seen as having any substantive impact on the political scene. But the NDP’s meeting last…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dr. Dawg tears into the National Post’s gratuitous union-bashing: (W)hen it comes to unions, a careless disregard for facts seems to affect journos…
Musical interlude
54-40 – Ocean Pearl
On preordained outcomes
Joe Oliver is trying to pretend that the National Energy Board actually gets to determine whether the Northern Gateway pipeline gets approved: Oliver avoided directly answering a question as to…
On alternate options
Following up on this week’s column, here’s a quick update on the planned voting processes in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. Contrary to what I’d theorized, there apparently won’t be…
The End of the Blue Grit?
Yes, last night’s Kitchener-Waterloo by-election resulted in a resounding victory for the Ontario NDP and new MPP Catherine Fife. But perhaps more noteworthy is the signal the result sends to…
On special treatment
Shorter Brad Wall: Based on my close personal connection to Stephen Harper developed through years of shameless toadyism, I alone can assure you that he won’t be playing favourites among…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership rules (PDF) are nicely set up to encourage a broad outreach effort by candidates. For further reading…– The NDP’s leadership page is here.…