Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah O’Connor examines how the future of work may echo past practices – including a misleading picture of wages for gig work which…
corporatism
On buried dangers
There have been a few recent reports dealing with issues surrounding the Northern Village of Pinehouse – including a systematic refusal to answer access to information requests to which continued…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Austen discusses how Justin Trudeau plans to offer nothing but more of the same broken promises and favoritism for the Libs’…
On cult leadership
Andrew Scheer’s scheming with oil lobbyists in advance of this fall’s federal election has received at least some attention. But it’s worth pointing out just how drastic a step Scheer…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes that the ultimate test of the public’s willingness to facilitate a climate breakdown is fast approaching – but that the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Eoin Higgins discusses a new report by Elizabeth Warren and Pramila Jayapal on a U.S. political system which is even more corporatist…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Edward Keenan writes about the chaos being created by Doug Ford’s reckless and thoughtless slashing of crucial public services. CTV reports on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Edward Kleinbard argues that citizens should be asking the question of whether markets actually serve society’s best interests – while pointing out the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Ball reports on the movement forming in support of a Canadian Green New Deal. Kyla Tienhaara discusses how it fits into…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mike Benusic points out that the success of public health programs is found in the absence of preventable illnesses and dangers –…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Derrick O’Keefe, Robert Hackett and Shane Gunster highlight how the TransMountain pipeline bailout and SNC-Lavalin scandal have cemented Justin Trudeau’s status as…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – James Whittingham argues that the time for climate action measured in small household tweaks has long since passed. And Yanis Varoufakis and…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Morris Pearl and Pramila Jayapal make the case for raising more revenue from the people with the most to contribute. And Jayati…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Riley Yesno rightly calls out the Libs for telling Canadians they have no choice but to settle for a slight variation in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted material to end your week. – Nick Falvo writes that artificially low taxes at the expense of Saskatchewan’s well-being are nothing to brag about: (T)axes can help finance important…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich offers a reminder that the Trump administration is just the most glaring example of the utter breakdown of any pretense of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ryan Meili writes about the need for leaders to listen to bona fide activists regardless of their cause – while drawing an…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian writes that Canada’s Changing Climate Report should be a loud wakeup call about the need to avert climate breakdown, even as…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Will McMartin writes that if we needed more evidence that Jason Kenney’s trickle-down economics are nothing but a scam to concentrate more wealth…
New column day
Here, on how Jason Kenney, Scott Moe and other right-wing leaders make a habit of substituting futile complaints about other levels of government for action in the public interest in…