Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Geoffrey Stevens discusses the basic problem behind the Cons’ insistence on cutting back actual help to people while wasting billions on prisons…
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New column day
Here, on the Wall government’s insistence that public-sector cuts are the answer no matter what the question – and the cautionary tale we should draw from their Irish model. For…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The CCPA offers up a handy infographic on the diverging economic paths of the ever-wealthier 1% and the rest of Canadians. – Once…
On distorted outcomes
Having apparently decided that two levels of government and the health systems under their control (along with multiple propaganda tanks funded by who-knows-how-much-money contributed by we’re-probably-not-even-allowed-to-ask) make for an insufficient…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Erin nicely challenges Brad Wall’s efforts to tilt the playing field against poorer provinces when it comes to Employment Insurance and equalization. –…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Trish Hennessy points out that Rob Ford’s contemptuous attack on the idea of secure employment may offer an ideal contrast between the right-wing…
New column day
Here, on how the Wall government’s idea of health care “innovation” utterly fails the test for reasonable experimentation by prejudging the results. For further reading…– The man responsible for the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom puts the Cons’ anti-environmental hysteria in perspective by noting how our cabinet ministers are going out of their way to sound…
New column day
Here, on the stark contrast between an election campaign where the Saskatchewan Party went out of its way to talk about nothing and the flurry of new legislation introduced within…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Duncan Cameron points out how the Cons are copying the Republican economics that have led the U.S. to ruin: The Harper Conservatives model…
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content for your evening reading. – Mitchell Anderson wonders whether weeding out corporate psychopathy might be the key to a more equal and sustainable economy. – But judging from…
On predictable problems
Yes, the news that the Muskowekwan First Nation may soon see its own potash development is a plus in many ways. But it’s worth pointing out how the story might…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Marc Lee presents an alternative economic vision to the capital-first-and-only approach that currently serves as conventional wisdom. – Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson suggests five…
Compare and contrast
One Western premier has some perspective on what a provincial leader can expect to accomplish on the global stage: She regretted, but didn’t condemn, the Obama administration’s decision to delay…
New column day
By all accounts, Brad Wall’s greatest political success came when he stood up for Saskatchewan’s interests against international capital and the federal government rather than allowing them to run roughshod.…
The NDP’s Trouncing in Saskatchewan Should be a Wake-Up Call
In the recent Saskatchewan provincial election, the NDP took a thrashing. From the Huffington Post:The Saskatchewan NDP suffered one of the most crushing blows in the party's history Monday night.…
Recap: Saskatchewan Election 2011
Watching the twitter feed for #skpoli I was struck by the animosity and venom towards both the NDP and its leader Dwain Lingenfelter. While the partisan in me wants to…
NDP Hits a Wall in Saskatchewan
The year of the incumbent continues in Canada, with Brad Wall taking 49 of 58 seats and 64% of the vote.
Setting the tone
We'll find out soon whether the latest Sask Party vote suppression has any impact one way or another on tonight's election results. But even if not, it may nonetheless be…