Jack’s Labour Day Parade: The Video
I've been a union supporter since I was seventeen, when I got a summer job at a mine in Northern Ontario.Where it was explained to me by some of the…
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On domino effects
Olivia Chow's announcement that she doesn't intend to run for the NDP's leadership looks to bring the race into much sharper focus. With Chow deciding not to run, there's a…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - The Cons are once again getting noticed in the world - this time thanks to Serge Schemann pointing out their callous treatment…
Full Disclosure: Biased. Socialist. Bastard.
by matttbastard Yeah, so, once again I’m officially a member of the New Democratic Party of Canada. (If you’re not part of the solution, etc etc.) In my defence, this…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Carol Goar asks whether the Harper Cons learned anything whatsoever from a recession which they first deemed impossible, then minimized before acting only…
The Great Angelo and the Great Divide
I must admit that I have never paid much attention to anything Angelo Persichilli has ever said or written. I thought The Great Angelo was just another Liberal who sounded…
‘The Jack effect’ scares the Conservatives
A new poll is out that shows the Conservatives and the NDP in a virtual tie – unsurprisingly linked to the recent death of Jack Layton: The Canadian Press Harris-Decima…
Jack Layton, Rob Ford, and our Better Angels
I see that support for the NDP is surging and that Jack is getting the credit.Harris-Decima chairman Allan Gregg said the NDP gain is most likely attributable to “the Jack…
NDP now tied with Conservatives federally
Public grief over Layton puts NDP even with Tories in poll - The Globe and Mail The Conservative support has dropped since the election and the NDP keeps on rising.…
Taste of Victory on the Danforth
There's a lot of talk today about the eventual by election for Jack Layton's Toronto-Danforth seat. Many Liberals are salivating at the prospect of a victory there which would pull…
Deep thought
Somehow, I'm sure this proves that the NDP can't hope to hold its public support now that Jack Layton isn't around to lead it into the next election.
Did Layton Shift NDP To The Right?
I have a lot of time for Thomas Walkom - ever since way back in the 90s, when the Days of Action movement was heading into full swing and Walkom…
A Crossroad
Dan Gardner, in today's The Ottawa Citizen, writes that "what we saw last week was much more profound than politics:"Jack Layton was energetic and engaged. He was fully alive. Even…
About that State Funeral
When the PM offered a state funeral for Jack Layton, I suspect most were mildly surprised since the protocol dictates that state funerals are reserved for Prime Ministers, Governor-Generals and…
A more local look at successors to Jack Layton
Plenty of speculation so far about potential successors to Jack Layton as federal NDP leader, but I haven't seen much about potential NDP candidates to follow Jack in Toronto-Danforth, so…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - James Laxer points out how overreach by the wealthy and powerful inevitably leads to backlash - and how we're just scratching the…
Ezra Levant Is Ethically Outraged Over Jack Layton’s Final Farewell
by matttbastard In the midst of his double-fainting couch freakout over Jack Layton’s outrageously socialist state funeral, flesh & blood cartoon QMI columnist Ezra Levant claims the late NDP leader…
After Jack: Three Bad Ideas & One Good One For The NDP
The weeklong outpouring of mourning, love and solidarity after the passing of NDP Leader Jack Layton has now subsided. The sense of optimism that Jack insisted upon and the hunger…