On cost comparisons
Following up on yesterday's column, let's take a moment to examine just how foolish the Wall government's insistence on trying to sell off SaskTel is even as a matter of…
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New column day
Here, on how we shouldn't believe any of the unenforceable promises Brad Wall and his government will make to try to pitch a SaskTel selloff - and how citizens stand…
New column day
Here, on how we shouldn't believe any of the unenforceable promises Brad Wall and his government will make to try to pitch a SaskTel selloff - and how citizens stand…
New column day
Here, on how Brad Wall is preaching neglect and delay as a response to violent racism (even as he's fully prepared to use as much political capital as he can…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on how Brad Wall is preaching neglect and delay as a response to violent racism (even as he's fully prepared to use as much political capital as…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Dayen wonders whether the Obama administration's decision to end the use of private prisons might represent the needed start of a movement away…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Dayen wonders whether the Obama administration's decision to end the use of private prisons might represent the needed start of a movement away…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Martin Jacques writes about the inescapable failings of neoliberalism, along with the question of what alternative will come next: (B)y historical standards, the neoliberal…
New column day
Here, on the Saskatchewan Party's decision to try to make up for its gross mismanagement by squeezing benefits out of people with disabilities.For further reading...- This year's provincial budget spin…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Norman Farrell highlights how following the reversal of the HST transition, B.C. businesses haven't given up on their goal of making sure that only…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Melisa Foster points out why millennials should be strongly interested in a national pharmacare program:Today, young Canadians are searching for jobs in an economy…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Mariana Mazzucato discusses (JPG) the importance of an intelligent industrial strategy. And David Kotz argues that neoliberal capitalism has reached the point where…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Atrios offers a reminder as to how means-testing tends to make social programs more vulnerable to attack without making our overall tax system more…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Bjarke Skærlund Risager interviews David Harvey about the history and effect of neoliberalism: I’ve always treated neoliberalism as a political project carried out by…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on how the North Saskatchewan River oil spill may not lead directly to a needed reevaluation of the risks of pipelines - but a public expectation that…
Brad Wall: a day late and a dollar short on Husky’s Prince Albert pipeline rupture
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall speaking with reporters in the halls of Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina yesterday (screen grab from the CBC’s feed). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and…
NDP moves to end secret Klein-era scheme to offload corporate losses on the public – the opposition, predictably, screams
PHOTOS: Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman, a photo that wasn’t taken yesterday, obviously, but has the advantage of having been taken by your blogger. Below: Wildrose electricity and renewables critic Don…
Polluted by crimes, but torn by no remorse
Shorter Brad Wall on what's truly important as an oil spill pollutes drinking water along the North Saskatchewan River:I only hope this monster running amok doesn't make it harder to…
The Continuing Adventures of the Annoying Oil Pimp Brad Wall
Canada's premiers have made more progress in the last few months than they made in the almost ten years Stephen Harper ruled this country.And they do have good reason to…