Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Robert Reich discusses how our economy is rigged so that the self-proclaimed risk-takers actually can't lose:I don’t want to pick on Ms. Mayer or…
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Skip The Wishes
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement intended to remove red tape for international trade, so if someone overseas can provide a product at a better price than a…
New column day
Here, on the Conference Board of Canada's environmental report card - and the conclusions we should draw from both Saskatchewan's last-place finish, and the typically appalling response from the Wall…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Branko Milanovic discusses how our current means of measuring inequality may leave out the most important part of the story in the form…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Ed Broadbent, Michal Hay and Emilie Nicolas theorize that Canada's left is on the rise. Matt Karp takes a look at the policy preferences…
New column day
Here, on how political fund-raising scandals in Ontario and British Columbia only highlight the complete lack of rules governing donations in Saskatchewan.For further reading...- SCOTUS' Citizens United decision is here…
It’s Saskatchewan’s Election Day
I basically stopped writing about the Saskatchewan election on my blog following the hair pulling, anti-democratic decision by CBC and its consortium of TV broadcasters to block most party leaders…
#SKVotes – Election Day Reading
For those still examining their options in Saskatchewan's provincial election (or just wanting to remember the campaign that's been), here's a quick look at what I and others have had…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ryan Meili writes that the spread of for-profit corporate medicine - including through the Saskatchewan Party's privatization of care - demonstrates the need for…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on some of the important ways in which the Saskatchewan Party and Brad Wall have changed since they took power - and why voters should be concerned…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Tom Parkin points out that the Trudeau Liberals are falling far short of their promises to fund infrastructure even while tripling their planned deficit.…
On open debates
As promised here, I'll take a closer look at Saskatchewan's leaders' debate and what it may mean for the rest of the campaign.Most criticism of the debate that I've seen…
New column day
Here, on what the Trudeau Libs' first budget tells us about the difficulty turning around a government - and how Saskatchewan voters should take the lesson to heart in deciding…
Juxtaposition
Verbatim Brad Wall then:(W)e may -- possibly -- campaign on in the next election, but people will be able to decide then. In other words, we would never change the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives rounds up some noteworthy responses to the federal budget. Barbara Sibbald and Laura Eggertson write that while a…
On unstable platforms
With Saskatchewan's main political parties having released their election platforms, now is the time when I'd planned to put together platform reviews to better examine voters' options.But a funny thing…
New column day
Here, on the contrast between a Saskatchewan Party platform (and government) dedicated to handing money to the people who need it least, and an NDP which plans to help where…
Saskatchewan Politicians Excusing Drunk Driving #SKdrunks
Darcy Moen, involved in a business solution to decrease drunk driving, sent me the following criticism of Wall and Broten: As long as politicians think DUI’s are nothing more than…