Where Canada Is Going
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
Senate
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Coyne highlights the ultimate issue in the Cons’ Senate patronage, scandals and cover-ups: (I)f the prime minister sets the standard, then we…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Tom Bergin reports on a predictable corporate attack on the very idea of government sovereignty – as tax evaders are insisting that their…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Duncan Cameron writes that Stephen Harper’s CETA triumphalism may result in serious long-term damage to Canada for the sake of a temporary political…
#PMO-Duffy Scandal Taking Shape #cdnpoli
More claims from the accused in the Prime Minister’s Office vs. Senator Mike Duffy, came to light today. The PMO claimed the money from Nigel Wright was part of “compassion…
Canada Could Have a Government Shut Down
I won’t lay odds on it, but this is entirely possible: Liberals/NDP/coalition wins the 2015 Federal Election Currently the Senate is 60 Conservative out of 105, plus 6 vacancies Harper…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Daniel Goleman writes about the role of wealth in undermining empathy: (I)n general, we focus the most on those we value most.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jordon Cooper writes about the need to understand poverty in order to discuss and address it as a matter of public policy.…
Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that pro-roguing…. Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and Cons will choose a new leader? Or he…
Duffy and Conservative Senators with Bagmen
Good old visitor logs, shining light on the hogs. These are also the only times that the names of Tkachuk, then chairman of the Senate’s internal economy committee, and Gerstein,…
On family ties
Laura Ryckewaert’s report on the Cons’ Senate strategy has already received plenty of attention. But I’m more interested in a senior Conservative’s excuses for Stephen Harper’s actual appointees than what…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato points out that important inventions tend to come from public financing aimed at the greater good – while noting that…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Tim Harper writes that Stephen Harper’s “lone gunman” argument – already implausible in light of the number of Senators and staffers required to…
An Abstract Posting
On a random side note, I’ve decided to close down the Canadian Political Philosophy blog; I’ve had enough delays in dealing with this blog, and the other one was a…
An Abstract Posting
On a random side note, I've decided to close down the Canadian Political Philosophy blog; I've had enough delays in dealing with this blog, and the other one was a…
Tkachuk and Stewart Olsen Succumb to Denialism, Senate-Style
Senate scandal – it’s not just for the rookies any more. Veteran Tory senators, Dave Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart Olsen, have issued statements denying they knew anything about the backroom…
Senate/PMO Corruption Scandal Hits New Height
Did I just dream about the blackmail and corruption in the #PMO and Senate that CTV reported last night? #Duffy #cdnpoli— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) August 27, 2013 Two senators were…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Kershaw highlights what’s most needed to support Canada’s younger generations: Even with all this personal adaptation, most in Gen X and…
New column day
Here, on how the two Con appointees at the centre of Stephen Harper’s Senate are exactly the two who should have known better than to abuse the public trust. For…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Not surprisingly, this week’s revelations about Pamela Wallin have set off plenty more discussion about what’s wrong with the Senate and its…