Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Rick Salutin nicely describes what's behind the "charity" model of top-end wish fulfillment that the Cons are pitching in place of actual social programs:The…
Greg Fingas
On virtuous choices
Margaret Wente's latest isn't that far off of my criticism of most of her reactionary pablum. And the fact-checking of her column is entirely deserved. But she does manage to…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Dan Gardner highlights how Stephen Harper is imposing exactly the kind of costly, top-down policies on Canada's provinces that he once railed against:This week,…
Unethical standards
Yes, Geoff Leo's debunking of Bill Hutchinson's supposed "mainstreeting" is well worth a view. But I'd think the story deserves to be taken somewhat more seriously than it has been…
Musical interlude
Econoline Crush - Sparkle and Shine
Parliament In Review: October 20, 2011
The main topic of debate on Thursday, October 20 was the Canadian Wheat Board - with extensive discussion in Parliament of both the Cons' steps to shut down debate, and…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- If there's any good news in the Cons' constant attacks on labour, it's the growing recognition that workers need to fight back with no…
Misled
Angela Hall makes the fatal mistake of presuming that right-wing spin has anything at all to do with reality:Returning to the city where he made a recent campaign promise to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Stephen Maher nicely summarizes Tony Clement's sad committee appearance yesterday:The evidence shows that Clement chose the projects himself, in some kind of mysterious…
New column day
Here, on Saskatchewan's unique opportunity to translate the widespread public concerns about inequality and corporate control highlighted by the Occupy movement into electoral change. For further reading, here's the Abacus…
On uneven playing fields
Nancy is understandably concerned about different rules applying to the NDP's leadership race in 2012 than the Libs' in 2013. But it's worth pointing out that there are gaps going…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Jim Stanford highlights the Cons' thoroughly imbalanced view of labour disputes by pointing out that their concern for the economy has been limited to…
On priorities
In the absence of any evidence that the NDP's new caucus will be anything but a strong opposition to the Harper Cons, Kady goes hunting for a story based on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- I'd think it's long past the time where any informed observer could cling to hope that the Harper Cons see good government as a…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lawn cats.
The new normal
It wasn't long ago that I considered it remarkable for a government to make any claim to concern about privacy which was so implausible as to demand refutation by the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading - with an economic fairness theme.- John Burton highlights Saskatchewan's ownership of its own potash resources - pointed out so frequently by Brad…
On diversions
It should come as no surprise that the Globe and Mail's ongoing paean to high-end charitable tax breaks is apparently linked to a request from the Harper Cons. But perhaps…
Leading nowhere
After several months of interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel being neatly edited out of far too much coverage of Canadian politics, it shouldn't come as too much surprise that she's…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Tim Harper wonders what's next for the Occupy movement, but rightly notes that state crackdowns are completely unwarranted. And Jacqueline Kennelly highlights the value…