Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Niki Ashton writes about Justin Trudeau’s glaring failure to understand the importance of parity in services and genuine nation-to-nation recognition as core elements…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alastair Campbell discusses how the latest group of right-wing demagogues has progressed from being post-truth to being post-shame. – IMFBlog examines how…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Cédric Durand and Razmig Keucheyan highlight the return of economic planning as a widely-recognized public policy option – while pointing out the need…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones offers a needed reminder that no matter how often it gets trotted out as a basis to ignore the ideological underpinnings…
New column day
Here, on the bleatings from far too many corners that there’s no right time to discuss meaningful policy choices – and the federal NDP’s push to prove otherwise. For further…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joanne Light and Cathy Orlando point out that we don’t have any more time to waste in reining in a climate breakdown…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lawrence Mishel points out that Donald Trump’s giveaways to the rich actually resulted in a sharp decline in bonuses paid to workers. –…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellanous material for your mid-week reading. – David Dayen interviews Elizabeth Warren about the role of government in ensuring that the needs of people take precedence over the power of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Michal Rozworski examines the factors which have contributed to Canada’s ongoing housing crisis, including public austerity, consumer debt and undue speculation. Dan…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – PressProgress offers its annual reminder not to be taken in by the Fraser Institute’s anti-tax spin. And Robert Frank reports that support…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – John Paul Tasker reports on the final report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. And Kenyon Wallace highlights…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeff Stein reports on Bernie Sanders’ plans to transfer power from capital to people. And PressProgress highlights the Saskatchewan Party’s continued reliance…
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’…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Katharine Hayhoe offers some suggestions as to how to reach people in talking about climate change. Karine Peloffy writes about the growing…
Birch Bark Coffee Provides Drinkable Water
Coffee production takes a lot of water and produces a wonderful bean filtered drink at the end. In Canada many aboriginal communities are suffering from a lack of potable water…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry discuss the responsibility wealthy countries bear for increasingly severe weather events – as well as the best…
New column day
Here, on how the federal Liberals and provincial Saskatchewan Party are both unduly concerned with optics around “balance” rather than budgeting for the good of their constituents. For further reading…–…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Luke Savage comments on the need for progressive leaders to stand up to the interests of the uber-wealthy, rather than promising them that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Ducatel discusses how wealth inequality is at the root of continued poverty and deprivation, while Charles Plante notes that anti-poverty strategies…