A Compendium of My Prime Minister Layton Posts
I’ve enjoyed writing four pieces about the Prime Minster Layton concept in the last 2.5 years. Originally, it was a wishful thinking hyper long-shot in a prorogation crisis at a…
media
Sun News Network: Because Facts Have A Well Known Liberal Bias
“Folks, this is gonna be a thing.” ~ Sun TV host Theo Caldwell Sun News Network, a channel brought to by its own sense of self importance, is the epitome…
What did Peter Kent think of Israel before he was an MP?
it is an interesting question for both public and private individuals. What is your level of responsibility for things said many years ago. What is the statute of limitations for…
How I Expect Journalists to Behave During #Elxn41
The short answer is: just as they are. I think they’re doing a great job, especially with the kind of contempt Harper has shown them for years. By the way,…
Fiscal Federalism on the Campaign Trail
As I noted in my post about income splitting and in commenting on Armine’s post about Tax-Free Savings Accounts, federal Conservative tax promises entail significant fiscal costs for provincial governments.…
The Polls and the Proles
The polls are suggesting a Harper majority may be in the cards, but they may be counting out the wild card in this deck: young people. How do polls work?…
On Economics, We-Think, and the Twitterverse
It took me a long time to write my first blog. It was here, and it was in response to the global economic collapse as it was occurring in real…
Courting the Women’s Vote in 2011
Every party is courting the women’s vote. They are The Undecided – more women than men are still parking their vote. That’s typical of most elections. Women listen for longer,…
The Treasury Transfer Effect – You Read It Here First
Munir Sheikh, former head of Statistics Canada and of tax policy at Finance Canada, has an op-ed in today’s Globe: “A Canada-U.S. tax gap means a Canada-U.S. tax transfer.” As…
How Stephen Harper Changed My Life — And How Ursula Franklin Spoke to My Heart
I never intended to become politically active. But after Stephen Harper was elected in 2006, Canada didn't feel like Canada anymore and I felt compelled to start taking action. For…
Quotable
William Kaplan, in today's Globe and Mail, on the media's reaction to Stephen Harper's limited campaign access, and restriction to only five questions per day:"The only astonishing thing is that…
Canada.com-It’s time to talk about abolishing the monarchy
I got another piece published on the front page of Canada.com in the “Real Agenda.” This time I argue that it’s time to due away with the monarchy. It’s time…
We get 30 cents back – People for Corporate Tax Cuts, Canada
People for Corporate Tax Cuts - Canada
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
Harper: The Campaign Answer Express Lane
There’s nothing worse than seeing a really great price on an item in the weekly flyers that includes that worst of the small-print caveats “limit 5″ per household or some-such.…
Why is a senior media personality threatening a 21 year old university student?
On March 28, 2011, the following tweet appeared on the Twitter account of a local Saskatchewan talk show host. My question is: Why is a senior media personality publicly threatening…
Can Democracy and Censorship co-exist?
Censorship comes in many forms, and usually when it is included in a discussion about democracy it mean Government censorship and the control of information. In this case, I am…