Going To The Wall In Defense Of Mulcair
Great post by Erin Weir – The Progressive Economics Forum: “Mulcair has articulated a balanced approach to resource development that would generate more public revenue, a more competitive exchange rate,…
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Conservative Support Among Older Canadians Plummets. NDP Leads Now By A Wide Margin
CARP, (Canadian Association of Retired Persons), has released their latest poll regarding federal politics. For the first time in years, a party other than the Conservatives leads. The NDP now…
Going to the Wall in Defence of Mulcair
I have the following op-ed in today’s Saskatoon Star Phoenix: Royalty hike cure for Dutch disease Premier Brad Wall calls federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair “very, very divisive” for expressing…
The saddest days of Peter Van Loan
As a skateboard trick, it’s pretty rudimentary. As a perspective on democracy, though, Peter Van Loan’s 180 is downright sad. It was seven years ago that the Liberals shut down…
This is What Authoritarianism Sounds Like
IF anyone else wants to hear what open, transparent parliamentary democracy sounds like, the MP4 file is here: is.gd/35VNrS #hw— kady o'malley (@kady) May 10, 2012 If you download the…
NDP Lead Over The Conservatives Growing
The last 3 federal polls show the NDP consistently in the lead, ahead of the Conservatives (1 Forum and 2 Harris-Decima polls). The latest Harris-Decima poll has the NDP lead…
NDP Bounce Will Hold
The latest Harris Decima poll cements a robust NDP, now at 34%(33% Apr 30) compared to the Conservatives at 30%(unchanged) and the Liberals at 20%(unchanged). Without seeing the internals we…
Parliament in Review – April 3, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 saw the final day of debate at second reading of the Cons’ budget – and once again featured plenty of work by Peter Julian to introduce…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Martin Papillon offers up some lessons for the NDP in Francois Hollande’s French presidential victory: Being ideological does not have to mean being…
The Ontario NDP Skips the Budget Vote.
“You know, most Canadians, if they don’t show up for work, they don’t get a promotion.” – Jack Layton On Tuesday, April 24th the 17 MPPs in the Ontario NDP…
Restaurants Should List Allergens
Kudos to Ontario’s NDP for this, but it’s not enough to force chain restaurants to simply list caloric content with their menu items. All restaurants (chain, small, fancy and otherwise)…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda McQuaig is hopeful that Quebec’s student protests against tuition hikes might remind many Canadians that we can do more than just…
Today’s cabinet appointments likely to disappoint Alberta’s ‘strategic’ voters
“What was I thinking?” A progressive Alberta elector contemplates what he’s wrought by voting “strategically” for the Redford Conservatives. Alberta voters may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Premier Redford.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Cons’ attacks on the environment and its defenders are starting to attract plenty of unwanted attention, with the Globe and Mail editorial…
Parliament in Review – April 2, 2012
Monday, April 2 saw the second day of Peter Julian’s extended budget speech. And perhaps the point most worth noting is how many Canadians outside of Parliament took the opportunity…
Mulcair’s Shrewd Gambit
It is quite fascinating to digest the narrative Mulcair has chosen in the early days of his leadership. An economic argument, Mulcair can’t seem to stop talking about “dutch disease”,…
Time to Drop Left, Right and Centre
Words have power. Canadian politics is undergoing a realignment and the old words we use to describe the ‘political spectrum’ are becoming more a hinderance than a help in trying…
Time to Drop Left, Right and Centre
Words have power. Canadian politics is undergoing a realignment and the old words we use to describe the ‘political spectrum’ are becoming more a hinderance than a help in trying…
No Party Closer To Hitler Than Conservatives
It’s odd that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed last week that the NDP were soft on Naziism in 1939, not only because it was erroneous, but because of all…