The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – David Miller discusses the steps Canada needs to take to help avert climate disaster – as well as the differences in the federal parties’ plans to achieve them (or not). And Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood writes about some crucial climate myths, with the overall
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jonathan Aldred calls out the combination of handouts to the rich, cultivated attitudes of self-reliance and antisocial assumptions which have exacerbated inequality over the past few decades: European countries have, on average, more redistributive tax systems and more welfare benefits for the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Brian Topp, NDP strategist who led Rachel Notley’s 2015 war room, describes what Jagmeet Singh must do this year to win
With a federal election looming this fall, mainstream pundits have already written off the federal New Democratic Party and its leader, Jagmeet Singh, relegating Mr. Singh to history’s discard bin and declaring the party to have already returned to perpetual third-party status. Maybe they shouldn’t, suggests long-time NDP political strategist
Continue readingThings Are Good: Electric Vehicles Gaining Traction in Canada
WWF-Canada wants to get car drivers off their addiction to oil by getting consumers to buy electric cars instead of gas-powered ones. To encourage this switch in car-depender living they have former Toronto mayor David Miller going on ‘dates’ with people in EV cars to discuss what they are doing
Continue readingAutonomy For All: Old Toronto & East York Have Been Shut Out During Ford Mayoralty
Nothing about Ford’s substance abuse & possible legal problems has changed the basic problems at the heart of his governing which make him a destructive presence corroding the basic social fabric of the city. He fundamentally and deliberat…
Continue readingAutonomy For All: Old Toronto & East York Have Been Shut Out During Ford Mayoralty
Nothing about Ford’s substance abuse & possible legal problems has changed the basic problems at the heart of his governing which make him a destructive presence corroding the basic social fabric of the city. He fundamentally and deliberately seeks to divide the city against itself to win elections. As he
Continue readingAutonomy For All: Old Toronto & East York Have Been Shut Out During Ford Mayoralty
Nothing about Ford’s substance abuse & possible legal problems has changed the basic problems at the heart of his governing which make him a destructive presence corroding the basic social fabric of the city. He fundamentally and deliberately seeks to divide the city against itself to win elections. As he
Continue readingMore Notes From Underground: Ford’s Win As Explained by Zizek
One of things that I noted about Ford’s seemingly surprising victory in Toronto is that the field of candidates was historically weak. Joe Pantalone was not a particularly suitable vessel for carrying on Miller’s centre-left legacy. (I recall reading someone who said that Pantalone had all of Miller’s negatives and
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