Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Nycole Turmel sums up what Canadians should rightly expect from their government - but figure never to get from the Harper Cons:Canadian families aren't…
economy
#YEGArena Tales: Santa Katz and the gift of debt
The mystery surrounding Stephen Mandel’s trip to New York is over and the word is in; Daryl Katz and Stephen Mandel have a new deal for the city. For those…
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…
Weapons of mass economic destruction
Shorter Stephen Harper:Unless the beatings intensify, morale will never improve.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chantal Hebert wonders whether the Libs have reached the point of no return, while Stephen Maher also points out that the NDP is…
You Should Know
So obvious a 12 year old would know. What’s missing from SaskPower’s list of renewable sources to consider? #FutureFail == The Canadian Blog Awards are underway again, nominations are open.…
Government Too Big To Fail
While talking about market regulation, I came up with an example of a situation where I think more government oversight and fines would be useful at protecting Canadians. It occurred…
Parliament In Review: September 30, 2011
The Harper Conservatives' choice to talk about everything but the economy continued on September 30, with the day's debate taken up by the Cons' anti-refugee bill as well as a…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading.- Bruce Johnstone comments on the real source of Saskatchewan's relative economic success over the past few years - and not surprisingly, it has…
Parliament In Review: September 29, 2011
As Parliament heads into a week off, let's get caught up on what happened in the last couple of weeks before its break - starting with a day that focused…
For my economics-savvy friends…
… and I have a few… Tell me something. Greece. Italy. Portugal. Et cetera. All that economic shit-storm stuff that is happening in those corners of the planet… I see…
99% Paying The Taxes
This video demonstrates that nothing has been done in more than 25 years to close the tax loopholes that Reagan supposedly wanted to close in 1985. Obama is saying the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Adam Radwanski warns that Ontario's voters can't afford to stay home from today's provincial election.- Jim Stanford calls out the Harper Cons and…
Depression Not Out of the Question
Watch our “economist” Primer Minister manage us into a economic depression (and ecological depression).
Canada #1
Canada was proclaimed #1 place for business in the world by Forbes. It mentions how Canada has faced the recession very well compared to the U.S and Europe. This of…
Thanks Steve
I still remember fondly the first computer ever to find its way into the family home. The Apple IIe was magic, allowing these clumsy finger to type badly, then delete…
New Federal Report Says Gulf of Mexico Cleanup Needed “Urgently”
oil water.jpg A preliminary report released Wednesday by the federal Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force says that cleanup is needed for the Gulf of Mexico “urgently,” in orde...
Fair & Challenged
Fox News dispatched their fatuous cub reporter Griff Jenkins to Liberty Plaza recently to interview some of the dirty hippies and bizarre characters at the Occupy Wall Street protest, but…
NDP Finance Critic Peggy Nash’s motion passes unanimously
NDP finance critic hails symbolic economic victory over Tories - The Globe and MailIt's rare, and non-binding, but it's a positive step. The motion calls for "the government to act…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chris Selley points out the absurdity of Ontario's Libs and PCs both running away from the idea of a coalition just as needlessly…