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Here (via PressReader), on the U.S.’ long-overdue conversation about progressive taxes on extreme incomes and wealth – and the need for Canada to follow suit. For further reading…– Matthew Yglesias…
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Here, on how the new Canada Food Guide points the way toward a far healthier food system – but falls far short of actually propelling us toward the end goal.…
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Here, on Scott Moe’s apparent view that the only voice which deserves to be heard or amplified is that of the oil industry. For further reading…– Jie Jenny Zou is…
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Here, on the need for progressive leaders to treat consultation processes as a path to goals worth achieving rather than an excuse not to pursue them – particular in the…
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Here, on the outside interference becoming the norm in elections everywhere – and the Saskatchewan Party’s choice to avoid even the slightest steps to ensure that provincial elections are centered…
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Here, on the fundamental need for governments to provide a secure source of income and benefits – and the choice of the Trudeau Libs and Moe Sask Party alike to…
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Here, on the yawning gap between talk and action when it comes to building up Regina’s downtown with more focused residential development. For further reading…– The Underutilized Land Study referenced…
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Here, on how the U.S. midterms show the political risks of putting corporations over people – and how Saskatchewan citizens should take a hint as to who deserves to be…
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Here, on Scott Moe’s choice to pursue strongman politics indistinguishable from the Donald Trumps and Doug Fords of the world. For further reading…– D.C. Fraser reported on Moe’s willingness to…
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Here, on British Columbia’s electoral reform referendum – and the need for a political system where voters have more say than simply a yes/no vote on an incumbent government. For…
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Here, discussing the Price of Oil collaborative’s latest report on how the Saskatchewan Party is requiring provincial regulators to keep the public at risk in order to avoid having oil…
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Here, following up on this post about the potential for a truly federal carbon pricing system if right-wing provincial governments keep griping about having the ability to develop alternatives. For…
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Here, on the corporate sellouts in the Libs’ new version of NAFTA – including a little-discussed chapter designed to turn anti-regulatory bias into official policy for an entire continent. For…
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Here, on the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s unapologetic role in trying to minimize the harms of residential schools – to to mention otherwise undermining any attempt at truth and…
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Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s self-induced aversion to responsible climate policy may producing serious political and economic consequences. For further reading…– D.C. Fraser reported on the NDP’s Regina Northeast…
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Here, on how the needless use of the notwithstanding clause is just one more of the ways in which Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is dangerously similar to Doug Ford’s PC…
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Here, looking to the work of Elizabeth Warren and the Institute for Public Policy Research for options in making our economy more responsive to the needs of the public. For…
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Here (via PressReader), on the Saskatchewan Party’s continued disregard for municipalities and other localized forms of governance – not to mention good government in general. For further reading…– Cory Coleman…
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Here, on how the Libs’ national poverty reduction strategy manages to aim low yet still set us up for failure on its own terms. For further reading…– CTV interviews Trish…
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Here, on the need for Canada to give effect to a right to housing in both law and policy – and the Libs’ continued reticence in doing so. For further…