Book Review: Power Failure?
The story can be found in the headlines of virtually any province at any given time. Political parties eager to propose an economic panacea team up with energy developers who…
The story can be found in the headlines of virtually any province at any given time. Political parties eager to propose an economic panacea team up with energy developers who…
Shorter Walt Natynczyk:But somebody has to make use of our expensive entitlements. So I figured, hey, why not me?
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Janet Bagnall discusses Canada's steadily-growing income inequality:In the last 20 years, the income of 80 per cent of Americans has stagnated while that of…
As important as it was for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, yesterday's win over Toronto should put to rest a few of the theories about how a change in coaching and strategy…
While most media discussion of the NDP's leadership race so far has focused disproportionately on the effect of a couple of early endorsements, the obvious reality is that any candidate…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Gerald Caplan laments the difficulty in trying to comment reasonably on the actions of a government whose attitude toward reason ranges from overt hostility…
Tara Maclean - Evidence (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)
Assorted content to end your week.- Erin catches a typically-partisan response from the Cons to the prospect that a new U.S. stimulus package might contain Buy American provisions once again:What…
With the NDP's leadership rules now set, let's take a look at how the race is shaping up. As best I can tell, the Mark's list of candidates looks to…
As promised, let's take a quick look through the NDP's official leadership rules. On the whole, the regulations don't look to particularly favour any one candidate - but they do…
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Andrew Potter comments on Samara's most recent findings about federal politicians in Canada:Samara’s findings underscore the profound amateurism that permeates our national politics. When…
New Brunswick's PC government is the latest to launch an all-out attack on public pensions. And the usual reasons look to apply, with the official press release hinting at a…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Dan Gardner makes the case (with which I wholeheartedly agree) as to the importance of making thoughtful decisions at the best of times:If…
Here, on what the Keystone XL pipeline debate started by Peter Lougheed means for Saskatchewan in managing its own natural resources.
At least a few Canadian commentators have looked to Australia's process for selecting party leaders - with the party caucus rather than its membership making the choice - as a…
No, there's nothing particularly surprising in the NDP strategy reported by Laura Payton. But isn't a pleasant change that the official opposition actually has such a thing?
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- For those with a few months to kill between now and next March, now may be the time to direct a browser tab toward…
Cat jesters.
Greg offers up an important response to the Cons' initial line of attack on Brian Topp. But let's also note how the latest barrage fits into the Cons' broader strategy…
One of the obvious questions facing Saskatchewan voters in the lead up to this fall's election is that of how much credit (if any) Brad Wall and his government should…