Parliament in Review: December 14, 2011
Wednesday, December 14 saw another day of debate devoted to free trade issues, this time addressing a proposed treaty with Jordan. But first… The Utterly Unprecedented, Stunning Development Which Shook…
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Questioning “The Prophet Drummond”
In the Commission report that bears his name, and in all of his media appearances since its release, Banker Don Drummond has ably played the disinterested expert, taking no pleasure…
Parliament in Review: December 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 13 served to confirm the range of concerns that hadn’t yet been taken into account in the Cons’ seat redistribution bill – even as debate came to a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Susan Riley brilliantly slams the message that austerity is necessary for everybody but those who already have the most: Is anyone else getting…
Progressive and supporting Ron Paul? How can that be?!?!
A recent post of mine, supportive of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, elicited a comment from Laura, the author of We Move to Canada. An excellent blog about her experiences…
February mid-month round-up: Greece burns, Alberta gambles & Canada trades soul for Pandas
Well it would appear that China has finally found a spot to park it’s unwanted USD. That would be here in good old Canada and all it cost them was…
Economic turnaround, all it takes is innovation
Wall and Bay Streets have been recovering nicely over the past few years in the wake of the global financial meltdown, Main Streets haven’t been doing nearly as well. Many…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The New Democrat comments on the need to develop the NDP as a movement as well as a party. And a national movement…
The real Stephen Harper is slowly emerging
Ever since his speech in Switzerland many have been talking about the real Stephen Harper and his so called ‘hidden agenda’. Rarely though are things ever black and white, and…
Classy move…
I might just go out and buy something from Mark’s Work Wearhouse this weekend! Closing the plant had immediate political reverberations on Parliament Hill and at Queen’s Park. Electro-Motive received…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Tim Harper comments on the Harper Cons’ collusion in a war against Canada’s middle class: Under the Investment Canada Act, (foreign) takeovers are…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mike Ward nicely describes the “Orwellian reverie” being used by the Cons to try to manipulate the public into acceding to the every…
Occupy Boston: No War On Iran
On Saturday, February 4, The Action for Peace Working Group of Occupy Boston will co-sponsor a rally and march as part of an international day of action to demand NO…
New column day
Here, on the Wall government’s insistence that public-sector cuts are the answer no matter what the question – and the cautionary tale we should draw from their Irish model. For…
Parliament in Review: November 29, 2011
Tuesday, November 29 saw debate at third reading on the Cons’ omnibus crime bill. And with even some Cons starting to recognize the desperate need for amendments, the government’s obstinate…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Paul Wells points out that despite the Cons’ best efforts to get Canadians to panic over the state of our retirement system, the…
More leisure time…
…earlier retirements? To some, this was the future as seen through the lenses of the mid 1990′s. With the Robot Master and his minions raising the possibility of changing the…
Report on housing prices says no need to panic….yet
Doesn’t this sound like the chatter going on in the US back around 2007 before the balloon that was their housing market went BANG!!! Average prices have grown more than…
Why the dinosaur propaganda system can’t use social media effectively
Lately I have been swinging my sights on to Ethical Oil’s latest mouthpiece Kathryn Marshall. Of course I am not a radical environmentalist; what angers me about Ethical Oil is…
Transparency isn’t a cost – its a cost saver (a note for Governments and Drummond)
Yesterday Don Drummond – a leading economist hired by the Ontario government to review how the province delivers services in the face of declining economic growth and rising deficits –…