A sad commentary indeed
Yes, it probably is a victory for the federal opposition parties to win hearings into the effect of cuts to Veterans Affairs as a result of Con members who failed…
Greg Fingas
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joyce Green sees the Saskatchewan NDP's proposal for First Nations revenue sharing as a desperately-needed starting point in remedying what should be out…
New column day
It's bad enough having a federal government whose reaction to social problems is to tell the provinces, "No, you go first in dealing with them. I insist." But it's much…
Parliament In Review: October 5, 2011
After the previous day's relatively non-partisan and specific focus, October 5 saw a return to broad debate on the economy - thanks to both a day of debate on the…
Fighting back
It's probably been nothing more than a matter of time before a few more of the institutions in crosshairs of the Cons and their allies started fighting back rather than…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Both the Star-Phoenix and CBC cover an important study from the Human Early Learning Partnership pointing out the difficulties facing today's Saskatchewan families compared…
Untrusted
Daniel Leblanc emphasizes the even lower score for Quebec's provincial government in Nik Nanos' trust barometer. But isn't it rather striking that the Cons' federal government - which has supposedly…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline outreach.
Presented for discussion
And we're off, with the first major internal point of discussion in the NDP's leadership race. As a matter of strategy, it's fairly easy to Nathan Cullen's announcement as a…
Parliament In Review: October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4 was an opposition day, featuring a motion from Bob Rae on a national suicide strategy that provoked somewhat more agreement than usual. But that doesn't mean there…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David Climenhaga responds to the Cons' union-bashing in the guise of accountability by pointing out who actually exerts disproportionate influence under a cloak…
On boomerang effects
Accusing one's opponents of having a hidden agenda has become a matter of standard-issue political strategy. But accusing one's opponents of having a hidden agenda identical to one's own takes…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Dan Gardner eviscerates the Cons for their stubborn insistence on mandatory minimum sentences in even the most ridiculous of cases:Imagine a university student living…
Selective personal responsibility
Shorter Tasha Kheiriddin:It's utterly unfair to protest the leaders of the cult of short-sighted corporate greed. After all, they couldn't have done half as much damage if they hadn't attracted…
Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
At the very least, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2011 playoff hopes ended in a game where the team started to show what it could accomplish under the right circumstances.After three weeks…
Helpful Tip of the Day
Jim Flaherty, fresh off of five years of claiming that Canada's recession, deficits and increased unemployment levels are all the result of international forces beyond his control as a mere…
Parliament In Review: October 3, 2011
Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons' anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons' single set…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Jim Stanford rightly says that it's long past time for the Occupy movement to refocus our economy in the wake of a free-market-induced crash…
Not this again
Mike Moffatt is just the latest to engage in the thoroughly tiresome habit of painting a Nordic-model tax system as a panacea for reducing inequality while utterly ignoring the massive…
Saturday Evening Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Alice provides the definitive overview of the NDP's leadership campaign, including the right perspective on who will decide the race:It is entirely possible…