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…
economy
David McNally on Global Crisis and Global Resistance
David McNally teaches political science at York University in Toronto and is active in many social justice movements in that city. On Sept. 24, 2011, McNally spoke at the Mondragon…
New study indicates global warming could cost Canada billions
A new study from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is arguing that the effects of a warming world may cost Canada upwards of $5B…
Oil Lobbyists Targeting “Super Committee”
oil_subsidies.jpg As the so-called “Super Committee” works to figure out how to trim $1.2 trillion from the U.S. government’s federal deficit, the dirty energy industry has thei...
A History of Corporate Whining
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I think a good cartoon is worth at least five hundred. In that spirit, I give you five hundred…
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…
What the Liberals Do
A picture is worth a thousand word. A cartoon, maybe five hundred. In any case, I think this is a great illustration of the talk versus the results of conservative…
Curb Your Urge to go Stateside
America is going to start building a fence to keep out “terrorists” from Canada. If you’ve got ripped MP3s on your iPod, good luck staying out of the courts. The…
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…
Parliament In Review: September 27, 2011
Tuesday in Parliament saw another day taken up largely with discussion of the Cons' omnibus dumb-on-crime bill. But the tables were turned on them repeatedly, as several efforts by the…
Public poll on the state of democracy: please respond – your views and your voice matter!
Please answer the following question below, share this poll with friends, and leave your comments as well if you wish. (Naturally, of course you can only vote once! This poll…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Ladies and gentlemen, your fully accountable Treasury Board president:Clement, the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka and a former Ontario cabinet minister in the Mike Harris…
Parliament In Review: September 26, 2011
Monday's session in the House of Commons was dominated by the debate over another military extension in Libya. The Big IssueOnce again, the Cons were able to win a vote…
My solution to the Edmonton arena debate | #yegarena
Ugh, this arena debate just isn’t going away. Now it appears the city wants to preemptively buy the land for 25million (on top of the arena’s tag price, and infrastructure…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon consumption.- John Cole points to a study comparing economic choices between psychopaths and stock traders - with even more disturbing results than one might expect:According…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Murray Dobbin points out the utter failure of an economic system built on suppressing wages for the general populace in the name of…
Dreaming of Recession
Well, here’s something rather unusual… Appearing earlier today on BBC, Alessio Rastani, an independent stock trader, confessed to a stunned interviewer that, like most of his colleagues on Wall Street…
Letter to Toronto City Councillor, Mary-Margaret McMahon (Ward 32)
Dear Councillor McMahon,I am a resident of Ward 32, and am writing to express my concerns regarding the service-cutting fiscal plan proposed by Mayor Rob Ford. As I am sure…
Parliament In Review: September 23, 2011
Friday's session in the House of Commons saw a few themes discussed which figure to be hot topics of discussion for the next little while - with the continued focus…
Ontario Election: Economic Realities
Another fascinating TVO discussion about the Ontario election, this time pivoting off some disparaging comments made several weeks ago by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge in regards to…