The Last Honourable Man
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page will soon be out of a job. His term will end in March — and he will not be reappointed. The job he holds was…
Owen Gray
Giving Credit
Over the last four years, Paul Krugman has been a harsh critic of the Obama administration — not because it has failed to cut the deficit — but because it…
Arab Dominoes?
When the French were defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, they asked President Dwight Eisenhower to help them re-establish their hold in Vietnam. Eisenhower — who was a…
Pulverizing Spence
Like, Pavlov’s dogs, the corporate media have bought the government’s line that native Canadians are lazy parasites. Michael Harris writes: Reading the media this week has been like having a…
Near The Bottom
The Conference Board of Canada — not a left leaning think tank — has released a report on Canada’s environmental health. The news is not good: The study ranks Canada…
An Angry Spring
The Idle No More protests across the country yesterday were the opening salvo in what is shaping up to be an angry spring. Rest assured that there will be calls…
A Fifteen Year Reign?
Yesterday, Lawrence Martin floated a depressing thought: We may have to live with Stephen Harper for a long, long time: With still plenty of time in his current term, Mr.…
Snookered
Shawn Atleo stepped down as head of the Assembly of First Nations yesterday, a victim of the norovirus which has been ravaging North America’s population. His absence, we were told,…
It’s Crunch Time
The Idle No More movement is about to declare war on Stephen Harper’s vision of Canada, The Petro Power. According to this morning’s Globe and Mail: Allan Adam The chief…
The Same Story With A New Twist
In his book, Hegemony Or Survival, Noam Chomsky argued that George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq was merely the next step in an imperial grand strategy which was drawn up…
Harper’s Word
A new day is dawning, the media conglomerates tell us this morning. We are told how, during yesterday’s meeting with some — but not all — of the chiefs, the…
The Tide’s Going Out
Carol Goar writes that Stephen Harper’s reputation as a brilliant economic manager has more to do with luck than expertise. That luck showed up in the person of Mark Carney:…
Stepping In It
Julian Fantino has never had a reputation for winning friends and influencing people. He not only has shocked and offended Haitians. He’s also made enemies in the United States. The…
Angry Canadians
Gloria Galloway reports in the Globe and Mail that hope is fading for those who believed Friday’s meeting between native leaders and Stephen Harper would put an end to the…
Shifting The Focus
Deloitte-Touche did as requested, and the reaction was predictable. Tasha Kheiriddin writes: The audit is out, the verdict is damning. As reported by CBC News, an independent assessment of six…
Politicians As CEO’s
When Brian Mulroney first ran for prime minister, his sales pitch was that he would run government like a business. Mike Harris liked to refer to himself as Ontario’s CEO.…
The Investor Is King
If you wondered why the Harper government has gutted Canada’s environmental legislation, Frances Russell provides the answer: The North American Free Trade Agreement was the first of a New World…
Haiti In Fantino’s Crosshairs
Julian Fantino — who proclaimed before Christmas that Canada’s foreign aid would be linked to Canadian corporate opportunities — announced this week that Canada was suspending aid to Haiti, that…
The Meaning Of Silence
As Theresa Spence’s hunger strike continues, Stephen Harper remains silent. But his acolytes have had plenty to say. Christie Blatchford and John Ivison have brushed aside Spence’s demand for a…
Canadian Class Warfare
Michael Valpy — whose new address seems to be the Toronto Star — writes that Canadians are becoming markedly intolerant of one another — and Stephen Harper is reaping the…