Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Plenty of commentators are rightly speaking out against the Cons’ anti-democratic omnibus bill, including Tim Harper and the Star-Phoenix and Vancouver Sun…
budget
Opposition Reacts To Speaker’s Ruling On Budget Bill
Opposition Reacts To Speaker’s Ruling On Budget Bill Earlier today from Nathan Cullen, NDP House Leader: (from MaCleans.ca: C-38: ‘Mr. Speaker, let us do the right thing’) Earlier today, NDP…
C-38 Speaker’s ruling reaction
Key point on Scheer’s ruling and the ongoing discussion over C-38, the government’s monstrous omnibus bill that jams unrelated and consequential bills into the budget process: “It’s something that clearly…
Parliament in Review – May 9, 2012
Wednesday, May 9 saw the first Committee of the Whole discussion of the Cons’ budget bill – with the opportunity for hours of direct questions about military spending giving rise…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your Saturday. – Susan Delacourt’s mention of “likeonomics” as a branding strategy offers an interesting reference point for Canadian politics (particularly since our political scene has…
Parliament in Review – May 8, 2012
Tuesday, May 8 saw another day of debate on the Cons’ omnibus budget legislation – and another day of general non-responsiveness from the Cons as to its actual effects. But…
Modern capitalists hate capitalism
You can sum up any current financial news in to a few categories. You’ll either find yourself reading about: A solution proposed by those responsible for the problem that when…
Fauxmnibus Bill
Maybe I’m starting to sound like a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy but that’s only because…I’m a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy! How can you not be when she gets up in…
Fauxmnibus Bill
Maybe I’m starting to sound like a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy but that’s only because…I’m a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy! How can you not be when she gets up in…
No-gasm: Global economic foreplay isn’t working
Anyone with proper insight in to the global situation has known more Canadian stimulus would be here sooner or later. At the moment it would appear sooner is winning. Coincidentally…
Parliament in Review – May 7, 2012
Monday, May 7 saw another day largely dominated by debate on the Cons’ omnibus budget bill. The Big Issue Plenty of MPs rightly focused on the Cons’ move to combine…
Reality Check
Don’t worry! A solution is coming I just can’t tell you what it is. Energy and economics have much in common, in fact economics is just a system to organize…
Dear journalists (Part 2)
I had never intended to make the first part an ongoing “series” and was really just the result of my angry ranting, yet again I feel a need to ask…
Parliament in Review – May 4, 2012
Friday, May 4 saw a relatively short day of debate on the omnibus budget bill – but with a few twists on the discussion seen to date. The Big Issue…
Parliament in Review – May 4, 2012
Friday, May 4 saw a relatively short day of debate on the omnibus budget bill – but with a few twists on the discussion seen to date. The Big Issue…
Parliament in Review: May 3, 2012
Thursday, May 3 saw yet another debate over the Cons’ use of time allocation – this time respecting the omnibus budget bill which features so many radical changes that demand…
Parliament in Review: May 2, 2012
A combination of the one-year anniversary of Canada’s 2011 federal election and a relatively short day in Parliament left little room for a lot of debate on Wednesday, May 2.…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne tears into the Cons for being interested solely in developing a junk labour market where both work safety and income security…
Parliament in Review – April 23, 2012
Monday, April 23 was the first day back in the House of Commons following the Easter break. And it featured some of the most lively and telling discussion we’ve seen…
The Opposite of Rational Decision Making
It’s rare that a government accused of undervaluing science and making policy decisions based on predetermined outcomes rather than rational analysis comes straight out and admits that how they function.…