Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Tony McQuail
What We KnewMcQuail entered the campaign with the lowest profile in the field, but his bona fides as a voice for rural environmentalism were clear from the jump. What We’ve…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jo Lauder, Tyne Logan, Fran Rimrod, Alex Lim and Stacy Gougoulis discuss how a largely-forgotten 2009 heat wave is the deadliest natural disaster…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Noah Smith examines how even leaving aside such trifling considerations as human welfare, it’s a better economic proposition to provide money to people…
Thursday #skvotes Links
Over 40,000 voters went to the polls in the first day of advance voting. But particularly for the many people who haven’t yet cast a ballot, here’s the latest from…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tom Kibasi examines how the UK Cons’ mismanagement – both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic – has resulted in disastrous public…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kate Andrias notes that governments can ensure better jobs for everybody by fostering collective bargaining strength. – John Favini writes that cooperation…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Yves Engler writes that the Libs’ SNC-Lavalin scandal represents a fully expected consequence of a foreign policy based on acquiescing in corruption: …Trudeau…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tom Parkin calls out the Libs’ latest laughable excuse for breaking their promise of electoral reform – being the threat that a party…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – James Wilt writes that the PR campaign pushing pipelines is based largely on the false claim that the only other choice is…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – George Monbiot writes about the absurdity of the right-wing choice to promote inequality in the name of competition among the wealthy when…
Alberta still needs a “city party” – a role the New Democratic Party could fill
Typical Alberta Progressive Conservative Party members. Or, wait, are those Wildrose members? Alberta’s rural elite may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths, Calgary Mayor…
#skndpldr – Swift Current Debate Notes
As Scott has already noted, Saskatchewan NDP’s Swift Current leadership debate included plenty of familar themes: And indeed, one of the more interesting issues facing both the candidates and the…
Leadership 2013 Roundup
There’s a common theme to the last few days’ developments in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. While plenty of the campaigns are doing plenty worth talking about, they may have…