On revocability
Dr. Dawg has a post worth reading on the Cons' purification strategy. But let's take a closer look at part of that plan which I've only dealt with in snark…
Greg Fingas
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Jeffrey Simpson laments the Cons' evidence-averse crime policies. But it's worth noting that Simpson is off base on one point: much as he…
Deep thought
If there's any good news in the report that it's apparently impossible to keep corporate sponsorship off even the most political of public functions, it's that it should be highly…
Musical interlude
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
Same old story, slash-and-burn edition
So can Canadian progressives agree that eliminating environmental regulators is generally a short-sighted move which prioritizes a foolish focus on slashing government gratuitously over a society's long-term well-being?Of course, I…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- As quickly as the Fraser Institute churns out corporate propaganda, Sixth Estate responds - this time nicely debunking a report encouraging yet more giveaways…
Deep thought
An environmental monitoring plan explicitly designed to improve the reputation of the industry involved is a thoroughly useless environmental monitoring plan.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Henry Farrell points out why supposedly progressive ideas which don't do anything to counter corporate power are doomed to failure:Neo-liberals tend to favor…
New column day
Here, on how the TILMA's regressive trade rules are spreading across Canada in other forms. For further reading...- I've posted several times before about just some of the problems with…
Frequently-quoted answers to simple questions
Pogge asks:Is (Brad) Wall so uninformed that he doesn't know about (federal subsidies for the oil sands)?It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends…
Unclear on the concept
Quick, try to make sense of this passage from Postmedia's coverage of the Cons' plans to reintroduce gun registry legislation this fall:In October 2010, the bill was killed by an…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeffrey Simpson has a bit of trouble recognizing that inequality applies at all rungs of the income ladder, not merely as a matter of…
Deep thought
I know I can't think of a higher priority for Canada at the moment than to declare war on citizenship.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Flattened cats.
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Susan Delacourt points out some fascinating research on voter turnout - with the key finding being that citizens are more likely to turn out when prompted to think in terms…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Sixth Estate examines which party's candidates have violated the Canada Elections Act in recent elections. And it shouldn't be much surprise that Canada's…
On stretches
Shorter Barbara Yaffe:Of course we can find good news for Liberals - just as long as we get creative in defining the term!Update: Actually, there's a serious point to be…
Only part of the story
Yes, it's absolutely appalling that federal prison costs have already shot up by 86% under the Harper Cons (by well over a billion per year), and only figure to escalate…
On correlations
This summer has seen plenty of crowing from the right over a connection between "economic freedom" (as defined by various corporate think tanks) and GDP levels. But for those of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading...- While I agree with Murray Dobbin's latest to a point, I'd think it's worth clarifying exactly what kind of fight we can and should…