Canada Day 2015
http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.ca Yesterday, Greece defaulted on its creditors. We are in yet another financial crisis. Jim Stanford writes: No one can predict how the European drama will unfold next. Or how…
Owen Gray
Paying To Be Lobotomized
http://www.bewareofthedoug.com/ We are awash in images, Chris Hedges writes. And that makes it easy for corporate propagandists to succeed. It’s been that way for quite awhile: The entrapment in a…
Better Than The News
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/ HarperPAC had a lifespan of one week. Given Mr. Harper’s use of American political consultants and tactics, it’s passing strange that an idea which has so much currency south…
The Death Of The Liberal Party?
http://blogs.theprovince.com/ Jeffrey Simpson asks a question which needs asking. Peter C. Newman tried to answer it after the last election. But, like Mark Twain’s first obituary, his answer proved to…
Another Willy Loman
http://chicagocritic.com/ Stephen Harper believes in marketing. His career has been based on his firm conviction that he can sell anything to Canadians. But, Michael Harris writes, the sales pitch isn’t…
The Courts Know Their Man
Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault has launched a Charter challenge to the Harper government’s destruction of gun registry data. Steve Sullivan writes: The Federal Court…
Another Name For Financial Madness
http://people.opposingviews.com/ Last Saturday, 250,000 Britons marched against Austerity — something the newly re-elected David Cameron believes is good for the UK. Which raises the question, Who is austerity good for?…
It Will End In Catastrophe
http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.ca/ Pope Francis’ encyclical continues to make waves. Five Republican candidates for president — who are also Catholic — have attacked Laudato Si, claiming Francis knows nothing about science. They…
Why Does Chong Stay?
http://www.cbc.ca/ Michael Chong used to be Stephen Harper’s Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. The story of how he came to resign his position makes interesting reading. Michael Harris writes: Chong was…
He Knows An Easy Mark
Opposition to the Prime Minister is building. But Stephen Harper has always known that more voters despise him than support him. That’s why the Fair Elections Act — with its…
Not With A Bang
James Moore left yesterday. And Don Meredith was booted from the Conservative Senate caucus earlier in the week. It looks like things are falling apart in Harperland. And, as she…
Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty
http://beamingnotes.com/ Stephen Harper wants to build a monument to the victims of Communism. Critics call it a misplaced monstrosity. But while those critics bemoan the ugliness of the proposed monument,…
He Makes The Rules
http://news.nationalpost.com/ Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault took the Harper government to court this week over the destruction of the long gun registry. Back when the government passed legislation to end the…
He Doesn’t Practice It At Home
http://www.slideshare.net/ Eight hundred years ago this week, King John was forced to sign the Magna Charta. But today, Errol Mendes writes, King Stephen is trying to place himself above the…
When The Leaving Was Good
As Stephen Harper seeks his fourth mandate, Geoff Stevens writes that he knows neither love nor respect: This will be difficult, I know, but try to imagine you are Stephen…
So Far They Have Gotten Away Scot Free
http://www.blueprintofwe.com/ The RCMP have charged Mike Duffy with thirty-one offences. But, Michael Harris writes, the PMO should be on trial, not Duffy: It is the nagging doubt that Duffy’s day…
The Future Of Medicare
http://theconversation.com/ Boosting the Canada Pension Plan is on the election radar. But we haven’t heard a word about medicare. And, Murray Dobbins writes, there are several vultures circling that program.…
The Sad Demise Of The CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/ There has been a lot of commentary already written about Evan Soloman and the CBC. Amid the Niagara of words about what has happened, I found two columns particularly…
Bennett’s Ghost
http://en.wikipedia.org/ Stephen Harper continues to repeat the same mantra — cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy creates jobs. But, Mel Hurtig writes, economist Jim Stanford knows that the
Our Decade Of Derpitude
http://www.gameinformer.com/ Economics these days is drenched in derpitude. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, Paul Krugman provides some context: “Derp” is a term borrowed from the cartoon “South Park” that…