Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Martin Birt writes that we can never again ignore the importance and value of the people performing essential work. And Jennifer Keesmat argues…
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Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Yves Engler discusses how Canadian corporations have shown a consistent pattern of pursuing profit with no consideration of the public good. –…
When our world is on hold.
Every morning when waking up to this pandemic, I challenge myself to remember what day it is. I never realized how confining a person to their home could be so…
Who will bell Ford?
Before you bell the cat, you had better learn something of its habits. This is not an animal that has been de-clawed nor rendered toothless. Nor has Ontario premier Doug…
Who Knew?
Politics can be full of strange happenings. Canada had an election seven months ago. The guy who was prime minister is still prime minister and doing very well, thank you.…
Punjabi Poutine — Jagmeet Singh thank for changing my world
In October 2019, in a master stroke of campaigning genius the federal NDP let Jagmeet Singh out of the cloister of earnest policy pronouncements and righteous indignation with Punjabi Poutine.…
Ontario NDP: A party of survivors.
If you came to Ontario recently, you would have a problem figuring out what goes on at the provincial parliament at Queen’s Park. With that big blowhard who seems to…
Learning to love your local MP.
In our time of need, do you not love the attention we are getting from our local politicians? I am thinking here of your federal member of parliament. This person…
Waffle Manifesto Co-Author Mel Watkins Has DIed.
Melville Henry Watkins (May 15, 1932 — April 2, 2020) was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto.He…
Where have all the leaders gone?
You get the feeling that we are talking about a ghost. Everybody is looking for leadership. Nobody has seen it. Talking to a friend about it, he said the problem…
income support for low-income households in Alberta
Next week, Jason Kenney’s UCP government will table its second budget. With that in mind, I’ve written a blog post titled “Ten things to know about income support for low-income…
Ten things to know about subsidized rental housing in Alberta
In anticipation of next week’s Alberta budget, I’ve written a ‘top 10’ overview of subsidized rental housing in the province. Points raised in the blog post in include the following:…
My latest: sad Trudeau
Is Justin Trudeau sad? He sure looks sad. He looks positively dejected, in fact. In his few public appearances since the election, Trudeau has radiated none of the boyish charm…
NDP closes ranks around Singh.
‘Better the problem we understand’ seems to be the thinking of the leaders of Canada’s new democratic party. They are closing ranks around the leader who cost them almost half…
Where is the vision?
In a recent commentary we complained about the lack of leadership of all Canadian political parties. What Canadians want from their leaders is vision. It is like the vision of…
All federal parties need new leaders.
Canadians are going to be seeing a number of national political party leadership contests in the coming year. The conservatives are blowing smoke and fire as they warm up to…
How much is too much, Mr. Trudeau?
Justin Trudeau has obviously not had a really wonderful 2019. As far back as September 2018, the prime minister asked his justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould to reconsider her position on…
It’s your turn Jagmeet Singh.
Luckily there was not too much blood spilt when the conservatives divested themselves of the embarrassment of Chuckles Scheer. Surely the leader of the new democrats can now consider what…
The Canadian Monarchy in the Year Ahead
While 2019 has been an exciting year politically, the CanadianMonarchy has been low-key in a lot of ways. The GovernorGeneral seems to have adapted to her new role and put…
Bad government begets bad opposition.
They seem to go hand in hand. The more you loath the government of the day, the more you can loath their opposition. You have to admit that the Ontario…