Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- There's always been reason for skepticism about the pundit-class theory that the 2011 federal election should simply be deleted from the history books…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The U.S.' budget negotiations are leading to some public lobbying as to whether wealthy Americans will make any contribution whatsoever to closing the country's…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Laura Ryckewaert reports that Elections Canada's response to Robocon is now including an unprecedented level of public consultation, while Stephen Maher and Glen…
Leadership 2013 Roundup
Yesterday saw two significant new developments in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race, as the two candidates outside the Legislature took the initiative to earn coverage as the fall legislative session opened.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – The Toronto Star’s Public Editor Kathy English discusses the wall being built around information by the Harper Cons. But at least as interesting…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – In writing recently about employer efforts to intimidate workers into backing corporate-friendly candidates, I figured that the best examples we’d see would come…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Ottawa Citizen asks whether Stephen Harper’s Conservatives think Canadians are stupid enough to fall for their asinine carbon tax spin. Aaron…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – There wasn’t much doubt from the recent storm of astroturfed Twitter messages that NDP candidate Catherine Fife stood to do well in tomorrow’s…
On common viewpoints
I haven’t yet blogged about Angus Reid’s poll on how respondents see the economic issue ads released earlier this year by the NDP and Cons. But I’ll take a moment…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – As we approach the anniversary of Jack Layton’s death, Tom Mulcair discusses some of the lessons he learned from his predecessor as…
On potential support
Abacus’ latest federal poll includes some noteworthy data on which voters see a real prospect of shifting their preferences – and particularly on the number of voters who are willing…
Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week. – Dan Gardner nicely sums up how any Con cabinet shuffles are utterly irrelevant since Stephen Harper prefers ciphers to functional ministers in any…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Dan Gardner rightly notes that we should be encouraging more public advocacy from charities and other groups with useful input to offer into…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for a sunny Sunday. – Paul Wells offers some theories as to why the Cons haven’t yet launched attack ads against Thomas Mulcair. But I’d think the more…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeffrey Simpson criticizes the Cons for killing off the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy as punishment for telling the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Erika Shaker points out how Quebec’s student protests are a natural and justified reaction to the policy choice to saddle young workers with…
Guest Post: On Standards of Fairness
Dan Tan offers this assessment of the CP’s reporting on recent polls about Thomas Mulcair’s economic comments: Harris-Decima recently asked a group of Canadians what they thought about Thomas Mulcair’s…