On pertinent questions
I’ll add one additional follow-up note from yesterday’s NDP leadership debate. In principle the opportunity for candidates to ask questions of one another looks to have been an ideal chance…
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On positive outcomes
Following up on this morning’s candidate rankings, I’ll add one more general post in advance of this afternoon’s NDP leadership debate. While plenty of media commentary seems to be asking…
Parliament In Review: October 28, 2011
Friday, October 28 saw another day largely dedicated to debate on the gun registry, with plenty more key points by the opposition met with the Cons’ usual wall of refusal…
On avoidable barriers
Plenty of others have already commented on Elections Canada’s National Youth Survey Report. But I’ll take a moment to highlight a couple of the findings that look particularly significant as…
On rare independence
Yes, there’s some good news in the revelation that some Con MPs are asking questions about their party’s insistence on supporting and subsidizing asbestos exports. But let’s not minimize the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Marc Lee presents an alternative economic vision to the capital-first-and-only approach that currently serves as conventional wisdom. – Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson suggests five…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – pogge rightly questions the Cons’ continued efforts to have decisions made by ministerial fiat rather than through public debate. – Glen McGregor eviscerates…
The upward trajectory
Alice posts the latest NDP membership numbers, showing a sharp spike in several regions of the country even before the leadership campaign has started in earnest. And the immediate growth…
Molly’sBlog 2011-11-03 14:07:00
PERSONALWHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT PART 3As I've mentioned before, both here and on my Facebook page, the very fact that the movement has refused to set up…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Jim Stanford highlights the Cons' thoroughly imbalanced view of labour disputes by pointing out that their concern for the economy has been limited to…
On priorities
In the absence of any evidence that the NDP's new caucus will be anything but a strong opposition to the Harper Cons, Kady goes hunting for a story based on…
Molly’sBlog 2011-10-28 21:54:00
PERSONALWHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT (PART 2):The first part of this series was published over at my Facebook page a little while ago. Yet a movement such as…
On survival strategies
For all the talk about whether Canada's Liberal Party is dying, let's note that one of the most important determinants of its future is the question of how its supporters…
Right turn, wrong way
I wouldn't have expected to end up concurring with Rob Silver's analysis of the NDP leadership race. But there's an awful lot of truth to Silver's take on Thomas Mulcair's…
New column day
Here, on how Saskatchewan's election campaign pits a party pushing instant gratification against one basing its policies on an appeal to voters' altruism.
On mutual interests
As a general rule it's fairly safe to say Gerry Nicholls' advice to left-wing parties is based on something other than a desire to see them succeed - and his…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Susan Delacourt points out some analysis from Greg Lyle which looks to confirm my general take on the real balance of popular opinion between…
The cutoff point
Having asked the question on the weekend, I'll provide my back-of-the-envelope answer as to how many votes I'd expect a candidate to need based on what we know now about…
On strategic considerations
While most media discussion of the NDP's leadership race so far has focused disproportionately on the effect of a couple of early endorsements, the obvious reality is that any candidate…
Leadership 2012: Rulebook Review
As promised, let's take a quick look through the NDP's official leadership rules. On the whole, the regulations don't look to particularly favour any one candidate - but they do…