Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Ball talks to Joseph Stiglitz about inequality and its causes - including the spread of corporate control through trade agreements:What would you say…
Electoral Reform
A cabinet that looks like Canada, why …. “Because its 2015”
Given the large number of Liberal MPs elected that was one of the easier promises to keep but never the less a damn fine start. Now comes the more difficult…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Jackson discusses a few of the choices the Trudeau Libs need to get right in order to actually set Canada on a…
Electoral Reform: Will it be set up to fail?
So say many commentators, included failed MP candidate Craig Scott. There are three lines of attack on the Liberal Party promise of “electoral reform” during the election.Critics are rushing to…
Electoral Reform: Will it be set up to fail?
So say many commentators, included failed MP candidate Craig Scott. There are three lines of attack on the Liberal Party promise of “electoral reform” during the election. Critics are rushing…
Election Revisited
The election has now taken place and for many of us the results may override any concerns that we had with the process however make no mistake this election process…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lars Osberg discusses the positive effects of raising taxes on Canada’s wealthiest few. And Avram Denburg argues for a speedy end to income…
PR—an essential first step
Our brand spanking new Liberal government has promised us electoral reform. Specifically, it is “committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Amy Goodman interviews Joseph Stiglitz about the corporate abuses the Trans-Pacific Partnership will allow to take priority over the public interest. And…
How We Can Bury the Harper Cons Forever
As you know the Harper Cons have set out on a long journey through the political wilderness to choose a new leader, after the shocking loss of the only one…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Klees notes that there’s no reason at all to think that corporatist policies labeled as “pro-growth” will do anything to help the…
In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never thought that I would see this day come. We…
In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never though that I would see this day come. We…
In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable -- the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck)I never thought that I would see this day come. We have…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Les Leopold takes a look at the underpinnings of Bernie Sanders’ unexpectedly strong run for the Democratic presidential nomination. And Sean McElwee…
Welcome Back To Canada- The Sun Is Shining Brighter!
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. This post should write itself. I should be able to rest my fingers on the keyboard and have them automatically write of the…
Be a part of History & win your Bragging Rights by Voting on Monday
When you vote on Monday, you will earn Bragging Rights for your part in one of the most historical events in Canadian history. In years to come, you will be…
Be a part of History & win your Bragging Rights by Voting on Monday
When you vote on Monday, you will earn Bragging Rights for your part in one of the most historical events in Canadian history. In years to come, you will be…
Democratic reform is the real change that must come from Canadian election
If Canadians don’t see a commitment for major change from Monday’s winner, the nastiest and most divisive election in our history, by far, will be for naught. Change is never…
Welcome move by Mulcair closer to Liberal position on cooperation and electoral reform
Mulcair has shown a welcome willingness to work with a minority Liberal Party government post-October 19 so as to do two things: work together without the need for a formal…