For years, BC Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon demanded “red tape” reductions. Under Premier Gordon Campbell, Falcon spent more than two and one-half years as Minister of State for Deregulation. His effort were joined by right-wing business interests such as the Canadian Federation of Independent Business…
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alec Connon discusses how anger is an entirely appropriate response to the capitalist imperative to impose constant costs and burdens on people and the planet. And Alexandra Digby, Dollie Davis and Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan write that the collapse of First Republic Bank and
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The John Snow Project calls out the dangers of labeling COVID-19 infection as an immune-boosting mechanism, rather than an unequivocal harm to individual health. Jake Miller discusses new research on the groups at particular risk of long COVID. And Remember Rebuild SK has
Continue readingIn-Sights: Regulators who oppose regulation
A Boston Globe report ought to interest Canadians because the Massachusetts experience improves understanding of how regulators who do not believe in regulation work hand-in-hand with industry…
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Assorted content to end your week. – Kenyon Wallace reports on new modelling showing a real risk of yet another wave of COVID spread in Ontario – even as widespread immunity just a few months of remotely responsible government away. Julie Steenhuysen and Kate Kelland point out how an increasing
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melissa Healy reports on yet another dangerous variant of COVID-19 which is spreading in California. Nicky Phillips writes about the likelihood that the coronavirus will become endemic even once full vaccinations have been carried out. Jessica Elgot, Noel Sample and Nicola Davis report
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marieke Walsh reports on the new modeling from the Public Health Agency of Canada which shows how COVID’s variants will foreseeably result in massive numbers of cases if we don’t act to clamp down on viral spread. Andrew Nikiforuk highlights how the emergence
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Gutierres’ needed message that we can’t afford to keep waging war on our natural environment. And Bruce Campbell examines how Norway is far exceeding Canada’s track record when it comes to climate change policy. – Molly Taft
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Allison Hanes reminds us that there is no escaping the reality of COVID-19 – and any attempt to take a vacation from the measures needed to keep people safe will only ensure that it does more damage. John Michael McGrath argues that Ontario
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters (Mosaic Forest Management) make pitch to deregulate
Search A PROGRESSIVE TAKE ON BC ISSUES ABOUT TOPICS AUTHORS ARCHIVE FEATURES Jun 25, 2020 British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters make pitch to deregulate By Ben Parfitt Federal government would do Read more…
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Assorted content to end your week. – Duncan Cameron makes the case for a transition to a more fair and democratic economy. And Paris Marx proposes the development of publicly-owned options – including the increased use of passenger trains along with more accessible transit – as part of an improved
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ethan Cox writes that a large majority of Canadians favours massive public investments funded by more fair taxes on the wealthy as our road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. And Aaron Wherry points out the folly of fixating on deficits and public-sector
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Linda McQuaig warns us not to tolerate yet another around of austerian demagoguery when investment in people’s well-being is a positive step toward every end other than the goal of pushing people into additional precarity. And Marilyn Watkins examines how Washington state was
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Norm Farrell examines some of the root causes of a political system which lavishes benefits on the wealthy while neglecting people who actually need help. – Natalie Kitroeff, David Gelles and Jack Nicas examine the role of deregulation in the multiple crashes of
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Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Chris Dillow discusses the connection between the failure to understand the role of luck in producing unequal outcomes, and the perpetuation of policies which exacerbate inequalities: As Ed Smith writes in his lovely book, Luck: “randomness is routinely misinterpreted as skill.” Why do
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrea Germanos discusses the problems with relying on the charity of the uber-wealthy rather than stable and sustainable public revenues to meet the needs of the people with the least. – Dan Fumano reports on the City of Vancouver’s call for a shift
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Alex Boutilier discusses the glaring gap between hype and reality when it comes to tech sector jobs. And Virgina Eubanks writes about the futility of expecting miracles from algorithms in allocating grossly insufficient funding for social programs. – Meanwhile, Dean Baker argues
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom and Andre Picard took the time to wonder whether the Libs actually planned to deliver on pharmacare before Bill Morneau confirmed otherwise. – Joe Fries examines the history of P3s in British Columbia. And Alex MacPherson breaks the news that
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ed Finn reminds us that Canada has ample resources to bring about positive social change – just as long as we start taxing the wealthy fairly, including by collecting taxes owed on money currently being stashed offshore. – Pierre Fortin reviews the effects
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Current Gilded Age – Nasty Ending Forthcoming
A regulated economy may not perform at peak performance, but rather to its credit has built in stability and resilience in order to mute and calm the wider variances of the business cycle. The rules and regulations that govern Banking and Finance are there for a reason – to protect
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