On institutionalization
Following up on my earlier post, there was one massive piece of news from #vancon2011 on the capacity development front in the unveiling of the Broadbent Institute. But while it's…
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On training opportunities
Naturally, there's plenty to catch up on from #vancon2011 - but before I get into the news from the convention, let's note one relatively surprising omission from the agenda for…
Party officials with newspaper columns
Quite a read, Brian Topp's just in from Vancouver item in the Globe on Monday. I expected him to tell us more, given this opening: The New Democratic Party met…
Boy, do I feel stoopid!
This popped into my Inbox this morning. I thought it was a recruitment drive for the NDP… I was going to send back a note asking them to cease the…
The NDP will stay socialist, for now
After their Sunday convention, the NDP exposed, perhaps unwillingly, some deep identity rifts within the party over the use of the word socialism. For now, the party will keep the…
MIA: Federal NDP Constitution
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution…
Piracy, Anyone?
What's in a name? Very little. Look at my own British Columbia. Our province is governed by the Liberal Party of British Columbia. Only there's nothing remotely "liberal" about it.…
Bangladesh Surpasses Solar Energy Goal of One Million Homes, Sets New Target
I’ve declared today to be “Good News Friday” on 350orbust. It doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of bad news out there, but today we’re going to focus on some…
Who Let the Crazies Out?
That's not just in reference to the Vancouver riots, either, though those who took part in those riots - especially this couple - deserve the label of "crazy" in some…
Layton swears allegiance to Marx, vows to crush capitalism: just kidding…
I think before any journalist sits down in front of their computer to write something, they must ask themselves the following question: will what I am about to write constructively…
Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn't see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there's still…
On timelines
August 2009: The NDP's federal convention in Halifax votes to have the party's executive draft a new preamble to the NDP's constitution.May 2011: The NDP achieves unprecedented success in Canada's…
Squeeze
I suppose the scariest thing about being Liberal these days is the underlying anxiety that we no longer control our own destiny, at least to a certain extent. Truth of…
Juxtaposition
Lorne Gunter desperately tries to pretend that nothing has changed in the NDP's reach outside of Quebec:Outside Quebec the party is relevant in 60 or 70 ridings, with most of…
NDP wakes up to hypocrisy of asbestos mining and export from Quebec
CBC is reporting through the Access to Information Act, that the Harper government rejected a 2006 recommendation from Health Canada to support a global ban on asbestos. Health Canada suggested…
Parliament In Review: June 13, 2011
As I'd suspected, there looks to be plenty of material for a review post from just a day's worth of events in the House of Commons. So here's an inaugural…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- I'll agree with Barbara Yaffe that one of the most important tasks for the Cons as a majority government will be to avoid…
Up for debate
The NDP has released a first look at the prioritized resolutions from this weekend's #vancon2011 (PDF). And while most of them may not come as too much surprise (or appear…
A week in review
I've figured for quite some time that the goings-on in the House of Commons probably deserve plenty more focus than they receive - and have highlighted at least some of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Rhys Kesselman rightly points out how the populist message that propelled the Cons to power has given way to elitist policy-making:Once the federal budget…