Conservatives are prudent fiscal managers?
Conservatives are great managers of money. Huge deficits aside, and wasting money on jets and prisons, they really know what they're doing. Truly. I would never, ever think otherwise. That's…
Conservatives are prudent fiscal managers?
Conservatives are great managers of money. Huge deficits aside, and wasting money on jets and prisons, they really know what they’re doing. Truly. I would never, ever think otherwise. That’s…
Murray Dobbin’s Blog: Do Something
Do something Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:24 PM PDTThis is one of those elections where you can imagine your children or grandchildren (if you have any) will ask you years…
Triple E Senate: (Un) Ethical, (Un) Elected, Expendable
Senators in the Upper House have a duty to represent their province. They are unelected and appointed by the Prime Minister of the day. Recently, senators have overturned bills that…
Private security is a moral hazard when there is no rule of law
The rise of private security personal and war contractors - embodied by the since rebranded Blackwater - is a moral hazard that has, predictably, led to significant consequences. The profit…
Tired of Having the News Dumbed Down? Turn Off the Tube and Get An iPad!
I've enjoyed my iPad for about a year now. For someone who is an info-holic and works in communications, it's changed the way I access information and there's no going…
The Region’s LRT ridership estimates: pie in the sky
The figures for other cities are from Wikipedia. This analysis was done by Dave Ramsey. Dave's conclusions:The estimated daily boardings of 56,000 in 2031 are overstated by at least 40,000.Just…
Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project: Québec is not where you think it is…
I had to spend 27 minutes on the phone with a CBC producer last week to realize I had no real opinion about the upcoming federal election. This of course…
The myth of the successful Calgary LRT
The 30th Anniversary of the C-Train: A Critical Analysis of Calgary’s Light Rail Transit System, by Steve LafleurSome nuggets about the Calgary LRT (dubbed the CTrain) from this report, which…
Reframing this election
There's a Federal election going on, and so far, I haven't heard much about nuclear power or uranium mining, and not much about salmon farms, pipelines, or oil tanker traffic…
Reframing this election
There's a Federal election going on, and so far, I haven't heard much about nuclear power or uranium mining, and not much about salmon farms, pipelines, or oil tanker traffic…
Akaash Maharaj – Global News: Analysis of the NDP Platform
My analysis of the NDP's platform for Global Television News. It has proven to be a politically shrewd, but fiscally improbable document. Ultimately, could Layton deliver on his his five…
Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan?
Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan? - by Dr. Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. These remarks were delivered…
More Harper Contempt? This Time is it for the Law?
The picture is getting clearer every day about of just how bad the Harper government is (sic) and what a danger he has become to our democracy and in his…
Cons push for majority must be stopped: Harper would dismantle Canada as we know it
Catch 22 note: Western Canadian journalist and columnist Murray Dobbin recognized many years ago that Stephen Harper promoted a political ideology that went against the Canadian national interest. Dobbin has…
Edmonton-Leduc NDP campaign diary, Days 14, 15, 16 and 17
As you can see from the gap in posts, we've been really busy here in Edmonton-Leduc. Canvassing efforts becoming more intense: more and more people want to engage in doorstep…