Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kady points out that the Cons are back to their old tricks in trying to push as much committee work as possible…
Susan Delacourt
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Susan Delacourt wonders whether the Cons plan to launch an attack on the environmental movement to match the schism which helped the Libs…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Stephen Maher reminds us that the Harper government now lecturing us about the need to attack social programs because of a federal…
The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – If anybody hasn’t yet seen Bruce Anderson’s critique of the Cons’ dirty tricks, it’s well worth a read – especially in emphasizing how…
On political efficiencies
Susan Delacourt rightly points out a trend toward limiting or even reducing the number of elected representatives as a means of cutting costs. But it’s hard to escape pointing out…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Yes, there's plenty of reason for outrage that the Cons are selling access to cabinet ministers through a high-priced club. But this isn't…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Coyne asks some disturbing questions as to how the federal government is becoming less and less accountable:In other countries, executive power is subject…
Vote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing!
Susan Delacourt points this out in her blog this morning. Some examples are cited. One of which, the most obvious and recent, was in this legislation to scrap the long…
New column day
Here, on how the small-c conservative wave that was projected as a possible consequence of a majority federal government has instead given way to a tide of voters rejecting the…
Pew Research: trust in news organizations hit new low
It's no wonder. When you consider this yesterday from the 'liberal' New York Times:The group’s lack of cohesion and its apparent wish to pantomime progressivism rather than practice it knowledgably…
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…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Armine Yalnizyan points out how inequality is bad for everybody - including those at the top who are fighting to exacerbate it:Say the…
On arbitrary standards
I'm sure we can look forward to Mitch Wexler's numbers on the total count of left-wing versus right-wing elected representatives in Canada being trotted out plenty during the course of…
Susan Delacourt and the circling of the journalism wagons
I’ve always respected Susan Delacourt. But tonight she tweeted something I found offensive. Not just to me but to all of us who read paid journalists. She promoted a circling…
NDP Next Steps Roundup
Not surprisingly, plenty in the Canadian media have responded to the NDP's first big news of the summer with all kinds of discussion as to where the party will go…
Be a commenter
Susan Delacourt points out some fascinating research on voter turnout - with the key finding being that citizens are more likely to turn out when prompted to think in terms…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Canada Day reading.- Oh, how nice it would be to be able to take pride in Dan Gardner's message about Canada's true identity:The level of civility…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Tabatha Southey eviscerates the Cons' determination to force Canadians into a state of constant and unregulated online surveillance at their own expense:Bill C-51 seems…
Three arguments for a Liberal think tank
If you haven’t already heard, Ed Broadbent has stated he’ll be starting a think tank (named after himself, even) in the fall. It’s a smart move–a move that the conservatives…