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Hey Boo-Boo, we’re in big trouble

01/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

 By Montreal Simon Well it must have been a grim scene in the PMO bunker this week. For years the Con propaganda machine has tried to brainwash Canadians into believing that Stephen Harper is a Great Economist Leader. The steady hand on the wheel, steering us to prosperity, the only leader who knows ANYTHING about economics. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Canadian economy, Conservatives, economics, Joe Oliver, oil, oil sands, Stephen Harper, tar sands

Harperism, from Hayek to Koch and Coyne

10/07/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Neo-liberalism: trickle-down, deregulating, deunionizing, globalizing free market privatization of government. When Stephen Harper was studying under the “Calgary school” in the 80’s, he became so enamored with the neo-liberalism of Austrian philosopher Friedrich von Hayek — guru to Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, the Chicago boys, the IMF, and the WTO — it formed the basis […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Andrew Coyne, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Aurea Foundation, Barrick Gold, books, Brian Lee Crowley, Calgary School of Public Policy, Canada, Charles Koch, conservatism, Conservatives, Donald Gutstein, economics, Fraser Institute, Frontier Centre for Public Policy, International Monetary Fund, Jim Flaherty, Kenneth Whyte, labour, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Manning Centre for Democracy, Margaret Thatcher, Martha Hall Findlay, Michael Walker, Michel Kelly Gagnon, Mont Pelerin Society, Montreal Economic Institute, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, Nigel Wright, Peter Holle, Peter Munk, Ronald Reagan, Stephen Harper, Trans Pacific Partnership, unions, World Trade Organization

Why the Scottish referendum is Canada’s, too

09/10/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It’s been hard trying to explain that what’s going on in Scotland is a bigger story than many progressives in this country can imagine. And that they should rejoice at the last-minute surge of the YES side, because they are fighting for our kind of values, and we can use some of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Britain, Canada, Conservatives, David Cameron, economics, Europe, European Union, globalization, independence, Quebec, Scotland, separatism, Stephen Harper, United Kingdom

Job stats baffle easily baffled media

07/10/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By David@Sixthestate.net As usual, the moment StatsCan’s monthly jobs survey numbers go even slightly squirrelly, the media proves utterly unable to handle it. Last week, Canadians were variously told that the employment rate was unchanged, that the job market was in bad shape, and that the job market was doing unexpectedly well. Incidentally, we were […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, CBC, economics, economy, jobs, journalism, Statistics Canada, unemployment

A Modest Opinion – A penny … er … a nickel for my thoughts

04/09/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Nathaniel Moher I am outraged!  Are you guys outraged?!  That’s a stupid question, of course you are, because I’m outraged and, because I form your opinions for you based on my opinions, that means you guys are outraged too!  And that’s good, because I’m going to do something I don’t often do – vent!  […]

Filed Under: Modest Opinion Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, economics, Stephen Harper

The Occupy the World message couldn’t be simpler

10/16/2011 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Montreal Simon I missed the Occupy the World march to St. James Park in Toronto. But when I saw the pictures on TV at work, and I saw how the Occupy movement is spreading. I knew that I was right when I said the other day that this is a movement that could change […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, economics, finance, Occupy the World, Occupy Wall Street, Toronto

On Sun TV and Margie Gillis

06/09/2011 by backofthebook.ca 19 Comments

On June 1, 2011, the Sun News Network broadcast an interview with veteran Canadian dancer and choreographer Margie Gillis (see link below), which quickly turned abusive towards the guest. In a message on his facebook page, Canadian dancer Louis Laberge-Côté, currently a teacher at Nationaltheatre Manheim in Germany, offered this assessment.         […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: bad behaviour, Canada, dance, economics, Sun Media, Sun News Network

Rumours of its death . . .

09/28/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Just three months shy of 2010 — the date by which the Canadian Council of Chief Executives originally projected the goals of the SPP would be completed — some people have been mourning and others celebrating for years already. The SPP is dead  (a short history): Oct. 10, 2007 “The Security and Prosperity […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, economics, Paul Manly, Security and Prosperity Partnership, Stephen Harper, U.S.

Stephen Harper, panicked child

09/30/2008 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Stephen Harper reminds me of a panicked child, surrounded and overwhelmed in the schoolyard, red-faced and flailing at every perceived enemy and striking not a one. It would be nice if our issues could be solved with quick fixes, but they can’t. For instance, more people in jail does not reduce crime — just glance […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2008 election, Afghanistan, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, economics, elections, Omar Khadr, Stephen Harper

Will Canada become bank bait too?

09/22/2008 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

I still haven’t made up my mind how to vote. But I do think that if any leader is going to beat Harper, who is still doing astonishingly well in the polls despite ample evidence that his party is populated by boorish ignoramuses, he or she has got to quit reacting and start providing a […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2008 election, Canada, Canadian politics, climate change, Conservatives, economics, elections, global warming, Stephen Harper

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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