Becoming Our Burden
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/ As EKOS reports that the Harperites are making political hay from the fear of terrorism, Paul Adams argues that there is a good case to be made for doing…
Owen Gray
Use Your Eyes
http://www.psaonline.org/ George Shultz is a Republican with a PhD in economics form MIT and a long record of public service. Jeffrey Simpson writes: Mr. Shultz will turn 94 next month,…
They Claim He’s a Smart Man
http://dyn.com/ The Conservative “Family Tax Cut” is straight out of the fifties. Linda McQuaig considers three families, each earning a total $100,000 in income:
What’s New?
http://lawofwork.ca/ As the details of Stephen Harper’s income splitting plan are made public, it becomes clear how grotesque his “family friendly” policy is. Carol Goar writes that a small minority…
Inconvenient Questions
http://business.financialpost.com/ Word has it that Stephen Harper wants to clamp down on individual liberties on the pretext that national security demands such a clamp down. But Murray Dobbins writes that…
We’ve Seen This Movie Before
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ Stephen Harper has made an initial six month commitment to the war in Iraq. If anyone thinks the war will be over in six months, Jeffrey Simpson writes, he
Comforting The Rich
morningstaronline.co.uk Stephen Harper revealed his income splitting plan last week. It’s classical Conservative policy. Comfort the rich, they say, and everyone else will benefit. Scott Clark and Peter
The "Talent" He Courts
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ Pity poor Dean del Mastro. He stands convicted on all counts. Del Mastro claims he is the victim of a gross injustice. Michael Harris writes: In fact, one of…
Down For A Bit
http://subjectguides.fortlewis.edu/ I haven’t blogged much over the last few days. We are currently involved in moving my ninety-one year old mother into an assisted living facility in Montreal. For today,…
The Man Behind The Curtain
http://www.sodahead.com Andrew Coyne is a philosophical and an economic conservative. So one would expect that he would support the present government. But he saw through the facade long ago. Despite…
Irresponsible Government
http://thechronicleherald.ca/ Brent Rathgeber’s book, The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada is seminal. Frances Russell writes: Canada’s parliament is now a damp squib, a meek handmaid to power. Parliament is…
Steve And Bashar
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ Paul Adams writes that Stephen Harper is now Bashar Assad’s newest ally. The coalition he has joined strengthens Assad’s hand: Most obviously, it strikes directly at the most potent…
Peddling Snake Oil
http://littlegeorgiesblog-a-thon.blogspot.ca/ Stephen Harper has been traveling the country, announcing tax breaks. So you know the election campaign is on. But the real proof that Mr. Harper is in campaign mode,…
When The Righteous Are In Charge
The IMF recently released a report warning that the world economy was once again tipping towards recession. Why? Paul Krugman writes in today’s New York Times: The proximate answer lies…
And They Call That Brilliance
http://www.thethingswesay.com/ Last month, Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced the Conservatives job creation plan — to cut Employment Insurance contributions to small businesses. Tom Walkom writes that the “plan” represented yet…
When Journalism Fails
http://www.today.com/ Apparently, many journalists — including Andrew Coyne — believe that Stephen Harper’s decision to join the bombing brigades in Iraq is justified. Michael Harris believes that
He Should Blush
http://www.macleans.ca/ It’s fascinating to hear the Harper Party conflate its own self interest with the national interest. The latest example is a Tory proposal — buried in an omnibus bill
What To Do With The Surplus?
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/ There’s going to be one. And, if the Harper government gets its way, it will go to tax cuts. That happened under the Liberals, too. Linda McQuaig writes: The…
Fire. Aim. Ready.
http://www.aquila-style.com/ Paul Adams has an interesting piece this morning over at ipolitics. As of yesterday, Canada is now officially at war. Adams points out that, in the last twenty-five
One Last Assault On Labour
www.nationalpost.com/ Jim Stanford writes that, by resurrecting Bill C-377, the Harper Party is making one last assault on labour. The bill died in the Senate last year when Conservative senators,…