Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats under the table.
Greg Fingas
On institutionalization
Following up on my earlier post, there was one massive piece of news from #vancon2011 on the capacity development front in the unveiling of the Broadbent Institute. But while it's…
On training opportunities
Naturally, there's plenty to catch up on from #vancon2011 - but before I get into the news from the convention, let's note one relatively surprising omission from the agenda for…
Unquestioned
Yes, Chantal Hebert is right to point out the glaring disconnect between the help the media has offered the Cons, and the constant scorn it's received in return. But there's…
New column day
Here, with my first commentary on a subject which I'll plan to discuss plenty more in the future: the need to protect our freedoms of speech, conscience and assembly from…
All according to plan
Oh, that poor, unfortunate Stephen Harper. If he could have counted on his party's Senate majority to allow its own institution to be reformed, he might have faced some pressure…
Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn't see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there's still…
On timelines
August 2009: The NDP's federal convention in Halifax votes to have the party's executive draft a new preamble to the NDP's constitution.May 2011: The NDP achieves unprecedented success in Canada's…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Crawford Kilian interviews Linda McQuaig on inequality, including this comment on how to handle the damaging effects of inequality politically:On whether inequality is becoming…
Deep thought
I won't claim to have compiled a full list of criticisms of the Cons' government. But I'm pretty sure that putting too many resources into environmental priorities would rank rather…
On warped incentives
Chris nicely highlights the Cons' stunningly quick resort to back-to-work legislation after a mere day of Air Canada's CAW strike, at a point where there's been little if any impact…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the ledge.
Juxtaposition
Lorne Gunter desperately tries to pretend that nothing has changed in the NDP's reach outside of Quebec:Outside Quebec the party is relevant in 60 or 70 ridings, with most of…
Parliament In Review: June 13, 2011
As I'd suspected, there looks to be plenty of material for a review post from just a day's worth of events in the House of Commons. So here's an inaugural…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- I'll agree with Barbara Yaffe that one of the most important tasks for the Cons as a majority government will be to avoid…
Up for debate
The NDP has released a first look at the prioritized resolutions from this weekend's #vancon2011 (PDF). And while most of them may not come as too much surprise (or appear…
A week in review
I've figured for quite some time that the goings-on in the House of Commons probably deserve plenty more focus than they receive - and have highlighted at least some of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Rhys Kesselman rightly points out how the populist message that propelled the Cons to power has given way to elitist policy-making:Once the federal budget…
Not yet satisfied
Eric highlights Environics' polling as to how happy supporters of various parties are with last month's federal election results. And the findings look to bode about as well as possible…