The Crazies Rule The Roost
It has been clear for some time now that the Republican Party is The Stupid Party. But with today’s shut down of the federal government, the Republicans have earned the…
Owen Gray
Revolution And The Corporate State
Chris Hedges has no illusions about the power of the corporate state: The state, to protect itself, lies. Politicians, corporations, the public relations industry, the entertainment industry and our ridiculous…
The International Gasbag
Bob Rae writes that Canada now conducts its foreign policy using a megaphone. It didn’t used to be that way. And it doesn’t have to be that way now: Imagine…
Inequality For All Canadians
As the Robert Reich film, Inequality for All, hits theatres this weekend, Jordan Brennan and Jim Stanford write that what has happened in the United States has also happened in…
On His Own Little Planet
If you were hoping that Stephen Harper was re-evaluating his approach to people — particularly Barack Obama — yesterday should have dashed that hope. Speaking before the Canadian American Business…
Bright and Blind
Michael Ignatieff still does not understand the part he played in his party’s worst defeat in history. Bob Hepburn writes that Ignatieff’s new book should be titled It Really Wasn’t…
They Tell Us It’s About Principles
Tim Harper writes that the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto are a political odd couple: Harper would treat a meeting with a voter in an unscripted moment as…
Desperation Is The Harvest Of Failure.
Stephen Harper is desperately trying to get Canada’s First Peoples to buy into the Northern Gateway Pipeline. But, Michael Harris writes, they will not be snookered by Mr. Harper. They…
Seismic Shift?
Some pundits claimed the 2011 election was a political earthquake. John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker asserted that it was a Big Shift. Peter C. Newman claimed that it marked the…
Inequality For All
On September 27th, a documentary film with that title hits the theatres. The little guy who the film revolves around makes the same argument he has been making in print…
Harper’s Achilles Heel
I wrote yesterday that, when it comes to the economy, Stephen Harper takes his cue from the 19th century. And that perspective, Lawrence Martin writes, should make the economy Mr.…
Back To Where We’ve Been
The Harper government has repeated the same mantra for seven years: We know best how to manage the Canadian economy. But, Edward Greenspon writes, the truth is opposed to the…
Unpaid Internships
The latest entry point in the job market is the unpaid internship. Young people are told that an internship will help them get their feet in someone’s door and on…
You Can’t Take Him At His Word
Stephen Harper was in British Columbia over the weekend, “negotiating” with British Columbia’s native peoples on the Northern Gateway file. Michael Harris writes that Mr. Harper has a constitutional duty…
The Emerging Police State
It all began with the War on Drugs and racial profiling. If you’re looking for the origins of the new police state, Chris Hedges writes, that’s where you should begin.…
A Dystopian Future
George Orwell and Aldous Huxley envisioned nightmarish worlds, which were the result of 20th century trends. Now American economist Tyler Cowan has produced a vision of the dystopian world of…
The New Charge Of The Light Brigade
For the last decade, Stephen Harper has been pitching the idea that he and his party — which has changed its name three times — have given this country economic…
Remember The Robocalls?
The robocalls investigation continues at a snail’s pace. Perhaps that’s because, as Laura Stone reported this week, Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton has been sitting in on the Elections Canada…
They’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
Tommy Douglas and David Lewis wouldn’t recognize today’s New Democratic Party. If you want to take the measure of how much the party has changed, start with economic policy. On…
Our Darker Angels
Now that the Quebec Charter of Values has been officially unveiled, it’s clear that Pauline Marois and her party are appealing to an old strain in Quebec life — fear…