Flipping thru Friday.
– Regarding this story, Harper and the Conservatives would never be so blatantly obvious in firing the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer. They’ll simply not renew his mandate when it runs…
Canadian Politics
James Moore, all your child are belong to us!
Museum’s sex show gets dressing down from feds- Politics – Canoe.ca. I was raised by prudes who never gave me “the talk.” I grew up in an uptight, WASP suburb…
open letter to jason kenney: "history is tapping our shoulders"
Last night in Toronto, supporters of US war resisters in Canada honoured International Day for Conscientious Objection with a group letter-writing session. This letter was written by Nicole Marie Burton,…
The Leadership Narrative
Way back when, a few months after the last federal election, I replied to the Susan Delacourt’s “Is the Liberal Party dead?” question, echoed ad nauseum in the nation’s press,…
today is international day of conscientious objection – call on the govt to let them stay!
Celebrate International Day for Conscientious Objection by calling on the government to rescind Operational Bulletin 202 Today, May 15, is the International Day for Conscientious Objection. Please join us in…
At least John Baird is being honest
Shorter John Baird: We didn’t like the advice we were getting about environmental policy or suggestions, so we killed the arm-length’s advisory board because of it. So, basically, if you’re…
Monday musings
More in brief stuff: You might remember I was wondering how the Globe and Mail was expecting to get any money and not lose too many viewers online by going…
a tiny glimpse into the ways our government serves the corporate and financial world, not the people of Canada
Some Key Areas Where Neoliberal Policy Undermines both the Industrial Economy and Canadian Democracy Under the Harper Regime, the investor class is constantly being protected at the expense of the…
on june 4: black out to speak out
On Monday, June 4, websites representing thousands of Canadian people and organizations will go dark to protest changes introduced in the Harper Government’sTM budget act (Bill C-38). To join this…
Friday flipping
-Young Liberal Zach Paiken asserts that Canada is becoming more conservative – therefore, Liberals must follow that trend to get re-elected one day. I don’t see any polls or statistics…
Dutch Diseased Labour Markets
If one reads the G&M and NatPo business sections one is treated to a steady stream of largely rosy and pompous pronouncements on the structural shift in the Canadian economy…
McCarthyism, Canadian Style
In Tuesday’s Huffington Post Cameron Fenton, National Director of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, wrote an excellent article about the Harper government’s hounding of environmentalists and First Nations opposed to…
Solidarity with Quebec Student Protesters
Quebec students, outraged over a 75% tuition increase, have sparked the largest protests in Quebec’s history and have already managed the rare achievement of achieving genuine, if minor, concessions that…
july 1 2012: national stop harper day
From National Stop Harper Day: Traditionally, July 1st is a day known as “Canada Day” by Canadians across the country. This year however, that all changes, In most cities across…
The Oil Sands in Alberta is like Language Laws in Quebec… It’s a domestic issue
This post isn’t based on a poll I’ve conducted or some rigorous methodology, rather it has evolved out of conversations I’ve had with friends, thought leaders I’ve run into, articles…
The Return of the Very Cruel Economic System
This chapter is divided into three sections. The first section examines the origins of the neoliberal policy consensus at the OECD. The fist major rupture in the hegemony of the…
Joseph Uranowski and Liam Nichols Endorse Parker Mackay for Riding Director of the Ontario Young Liberals
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Parker on the 2012 provincial election campaign. As founding members of the Whitby-Oshawa Young Liberals, we have worked closely together over the last…
5 Questions: Omar Alghabra
Omar Alghabra was the Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Erindale from 2006–2008. He ran again in 2011 and parliament is a worse place without him in it. Omar is a strong…
Another National Post Letter
This one is about the Harper government’s crackdown on the charitable sector despite its important contribution to our democracy. Please see today’s National Post for my letter.
The Transparent Hypocrisy of Ethical Oil – who is really laudering money
The other week the Canadian Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent accused Canadian Charities of “laundering money” because they accept some funds from outside the country. This is all been…