Category: Canadian Politics

Rewarding War Crimes? / Canadians (Not The Right-Wing Pundits) Have It Right!

    If Donald Rumsfeld were to get a U.S. “Defender of the Constitution Award”, who do you think might be chosen to give the evil man the award?   Well, it’s none other than his old buddy Dick Cheney.  See Maureen Dowd’s excellent December 13th New York Times column for details.  Jillian will post [...]

Wednesday February 16th, 2011 in Canadian Politics, Income Disparity, Right-Wing Think Tanks, US Politics, War Crimes | 2 Comments »

Northern Pipeline / Perimeter Agreement

  Expect those First Nations that are now opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline which proposes to export as much oil as we possibly can to China, as quickly as we can, to be bribed by big dollars from the oil companies regardless of the H20 emissions and the other important environmental considerations? Think these [...]

Tuesday February 15th, 2011 in Canadian Politics, Corporate Profits, Corporate Tax Cuts, Corporations, First Nations, Harper, Oil, Perimeter Agreement | 2 Comments »

Canada’s Welfare Trap / US Gun Mayhem

  Interested in poverty?  The distribution of income?  Our social policies? The new edition of Welfare Incomes is now available from the National Council of Welfare.  It’s full of interesting (and depressing) information.  Your public or university library will have a copy. Some brief quotes: “Most welfare incomes remain far below any socially accepted measure [...]

Monday January 24th, 2011 in Canadian Politics, Guns, Income Disparity, Poverty, US Politics, Welfare | 1 Comment »

RIP Keith Davey

  I’ve asked Jillian to attached Diane Francis’s January 15 Financial Post column about foreign investment. Remarkable, to say the least.  Francis for decades has been on the other side.  This about face is most unexpected but appreciated nonetheless. I never thought I’d suggest people read a Diane Francis column. Maybe I’m getting old. Maybe [...]

Wednesday January 19th, 2011 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Investment, Foreign Takeovers, US Politics | Comments Off

Trust / Kissinger / Free Trade / Corporate Taxes

  An Ipsos Reid poll published this week in the National Post tells us that only 32% of Canadian journalists and only 25% of our national politicians are regarded as “highly trustworthy”. No comment necessary. *     *     *    *     * Christopher Hitchens, writing in the New York Times, says of Henry Kissinger that he should [...]

Wednesday December 29th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Corporate Tax Cuts, Environment, Free Trade, Kissinger, Oil, Uncategorized, War Crimes | Comments Off

We’re becoming a Scrooge / Chronic Poverty

  In a list of 23 OECD donor countries, Canada has fallen to 14th place in foreign aid $ as a % of GDP.  In a World Bank list of 38 donor countries, we’re down in 29th place. So much for Canadian generosity! *     *     *     *     * A Calgary Herald editorial points out that Canada uses [...]

Monday December 27th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Energy, Foreign Aid, Harper, Income Disparity, Poverty | Comments Off

EU Free Trade? / Decline of Big Oil / Dismal Social Spending

  Don Martin, in the National Post, writes “there’s a very high possibility that Canada would have dissolved in the 1970s or at least faced very serious disruption had Trudeau not been prime minister.” Surprising comment from a surprising source.  “After his death, polls christened Mr. Trudeau the best prime minister in history, with a [...]

Monday December 20th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Investment, Foreign Takeovers, Free Trade, Oil, Poverty, Social Spending | Comments Off

Where Are Their Political Instincts?

  Apologies for so quickly returning to the same topic I’ve recently written about…  The more I think about it, the angrier I become regarding the terrible betrayal by the Liberal Party on the widely supported Bill that would have given Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta more seats in the House of Commons to better [...]

Friday December 10th, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Democracy, Electoral Reform, The Economy, Trade Deficit, US Deficit/Economy | Comments Off

American Backlash, Potential Pipeline Catastrophe, and Other Facts

  Isn’t it so typical of the National Post to publish a long negative article by an American (Steven Globerman) attacking Canada’s recent potash decision as being unbeneficial from the standpoint of public policy.  Does anyone care what this guy thinks? *     *     *     *     * A real potential for catastrophe!  The proposed Enbridge Gateway [...]

Sunday December 5th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Electoral Reform, First Nations, Oil, Potash, Tax Havens, US Politics | 1 Comment »

Foreign “Investment” Deception

A letter in the Globe put it very well: “Being “open for business” without conditions is the badge of the banana republic.” Bravo!!!!! *     *     *     *     * The anti-Canadian deceivers (you know who they are) always refer to “foreign investment” but never to foreign ownership or foreign control. They either don’t understand the real [...]

Friday November 12th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Investment, Foreign Takeovers, Lobbyists, Right-Wing Think Tanks, US Politics, Uncategorized | Comments Off