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Potash and the Canadian corporate elite
So the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan drama is about to come to a head. Most are predicting that Harper will cave under pressure from Brad Wall, Saskatchewan Party premier. But there is no predicting Harper—he often makes decisions that seem obviously contrary to his best interests just out of pure orneriness.
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A Coalition: Still the Only Way Out
When will the Liberals and the NDP get it? Without some kind of accord between these two parties, the country is locked into a kind of political version of the movie Groundhog Day—doomed to repeat the same depressing, cynical and destructive politics day-in, day-out until our democracy is so damaged that no one will bother voting.
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The Potash contradiction: Cracks in neo-liberal ideology?
I have argued that ideology makes you stupid and if you have power it makes you dangerous. One of the best examples is the idiocy of more and more tax cuts with the supposed goal of making Canadian business internationally “competitive.”
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The Green Party—party of small business?
It is not a secret that many on the Green Party executive are holdovers from the right-wing reign of Jim Harris and apparently Ms May is taking her lead from them. Canada already has two parties dedicated to business, and ignoring inequality, it hardly needs a third.
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Hurray! We lost—and the world has Harper’s number
Harper’s anger has always gotten the better of him. The man has little impulse control and if you want to accomplish anything in politics you have to be strategic and you have to have good judgment. Harper has demonstrated time and again that he cannot abide compromise or biding his time.
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Reckless and Ruinous: Harper’s Economics
What are the key issues that progressives need to be fighting to rid the country of Stephen Harper’s wrecking crew? One is the tar sands and the Enbridge pipeline. Another key issue is the Harper government’s so-called budgetary austerity program which, combined with the government’s inept economic policies, should be the target of a concerted campaign.
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Fox News North—Not: Savour the Victory
It’s quite a come down. From in-your-face arrogance to a total retreat in a matter of a few months, the big money behind Quebecor’s determination to set up a Fox News North is now looking pretty humble.
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Reinstate Rick Salutin
The firing of columnist Rick Salutin by the Globe and Mail is disturbing for many reasons not least of which is there was no reason given. And that, of course, is the nature of power—it doesn’t have to give any reasons. Those with power use it because they can.
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Don’t Give Canada a Security Council Seat
Stephen Harper’s hypocritical performance at the United Nations, in aid of winning a seat for Canada on the Security Council, should be enough by itself for Canadians to rise up in unison and say we don’t deserve it. If Harper is successful, we will all regret it.
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Carole James courts the carpetbaggers
So Carole James thinks meeting with business is going to help her look like a leader. Good luck with that. No one will take this sad effort seriously.
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