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Canadian politics and the ‘s’ word
The latest score: Neoliberalism = 824 Democratic socialism = 7 Okay, I made that up. Democratic socialism hasn’t scored that many points in a long time, at least not on the federal Canadian political...
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Rip and ship (hewers of wood, drawers of water 2.0)
Canada has an industrial/manufacturing economy because for more than a century governments of every political stripe insisted that natural resources be processed in Canada before being exported. Thus,...
View ArticleDon’t blame corporations, blame free trade
Listening to Michael Enright’s show Sunday Morning this a.m., I heard him examine the steady decline of the Canadian jobs market. A key focus is on the failures of corporate Canada — really? Canadian...
View ArticleGetting private health care wrong
Listening to Jeffrey Simpson hold forth on medicare this a.m. on Michael Enright’s Sunday Edition on CBC, I was struck by how disengenuous his prescriptions are for privatizing health care service...
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Election fraud – it’s time for accountability
Author update: I Do Not Accuse the Conservative Party of Canada of Voter Fraud When a friend mentioned that my blog on the Efraud cases was a popular item in the rabble blogosphere, I decided to see...
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A tale of two Trudeaus
The Father: Towards the end of his long tenure as Canada’s Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau brought forward two initiatives that, in many ways, defined Liberal politics of that era. The first was...
View ArticleThis way to the gangplank: Fracking leading the way to ecological disaster
Okay, I lied when I said not to worry about the the flood of fracked gas from the U.S. into Ontario. Of course, everyone should be worried about the impacts of increasing energy consumption on a planet...
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Voter suppression is cheap and easy — and the ‘Fair’ Elections Act will keep...
Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act, is being touted as providing more transparency with respect to the use of “voter contact calling services” (see Division 1.1 of Bill C-23). In fact, the new rules...
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Dear Stephen Harper: this is how you actually stop voter fraud
Everyone’s vote is welcome here. You can change the political conversation. Chip in to rabble’s donation drive today! The Canada Elections Act provides two remedies for voter fraud. The first allows...
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Ukraine crisis and Saudi arms deal cast new light on Harper’s Israel trip
I started writing this blog post soon after Prime Minster Harper’s recent trip to Israel, but got distracted. I am now picking up the thread because of recent events, including Harper’s appalling...
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Dancing with Mr. Côté over the Fair Elections Act
On April 24, 2014 the Commissioner of Canada Elections, Yves Côté released a long-awaited report of his investigation into voter fraud during the 41st General Election in May 2011. I reviewed his...
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Farmers don’t own Wheat Board they built, grew and loved says top court
With some help from my friends (lawyers Anders Bruun and Ben Piper) I argued a case before the Federal Court of Appeal yesterday. The Court ruled from the bench; the result was mixed but more of a...
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