Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Both the Star-Phoenix and CBC cover an important study from the Human Early Learning Partnership pointing out the difficulties facing today's Saskatchewan families compared…
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Untrusted
Daniel Leblanc emphasizes the even lower score for Quebec's provincial government in Nik Nanos' trust barometer. But isn't it rather striking that the Cons' federal government - which has supposedly…
Parliament In Review: October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4 was an opposition day, featuring a motion from Bob Rae on a national suicide strategy that provoked somewhat more agreement than usual. But that doesn't mean there…
Parliament In Review: October 3, 2011
Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons' anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons' single set…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy is on board for an Occupy Canada movement:To my friends adopting a wait-and-see approach, I say: The least they can expect from…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Frances Russell comments on how the Cons' war mentality is leading them to shut down any inconvenient opposition using unprecedented procedural tricks:Prime Minister Stephen…
On concealed agendas
Just because the Cons have no credibility in decrying popular protest as a means of political change doesn't mean they won't do their best to undermine activism now that they…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- No, it's no huge surprise that the Cons are planning to launch systematic attacks against labour as the next step after making it…
On royal demolition
Yesterday I posted about one way in which the Cons' threat to go over the head of Canada's governing institutions in order to hold onto power looks to have plenty…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Murray Dobbin comments on the role that the Occupy protest movement can play in countering corporate power that's faced far too little opposition for…
History repeating
In 2008, it was then-cabinet minister Gary Lunn who wound up embroiled in at least a minor scandal over coordinated third-party expenses.And in 2011, there's once again some sign of…
Leading by example
David Atkins points out how the Tea Party (however contrived and astroturfed) may have contributed to the rise of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement by legitimizing protest as a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Both Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page and Interim Auditor General John Wiersema are rightly ripping the Cons for their complete unwillingness to be honest…
New column day
Here, on how the small-c conservative wave that was projected as a possible consequence of a majority federal government has instead given way to a tide of voters rejecting the…
On labelling
Aaron Wherry has noted that one Stephen Harper answer that struck me as shocking has in fact become a regular Con economic talking point. And it's worth noting both how…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Trish Hennessy points out that there's a debt crisis facing many Canadians that will only be exacerbated by public-sector slashing:1.57 TrillionCanadians’ household debt in…
Parliament In Review: September 28, 2011
Wednesday's Day in Review comes a day later than usual. But I'll plan to stick to the new schedule for future editions, as the anchors which nicely point to interventions…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Dan Gardner rightly points out that the Cons' continued efforts to trash our parliamentary institutions now that they have a majority shouldn't come as…
Ostentation nation
Remember the dark days gone by when "gold-plated" political perks were only a metaphor? Because John Baird is apparently putting that long national nightmare behind us.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brian Topp highlights the fact that any shared sacrifice to address the Cons' carefully-fabricated federal deficit needs to include those who have the…