This post is best viewed on Sandford Borin’s Website, but has been re-posted here with permission. Like the former op-ed writer and fellow economist Paul Krugman, I’ll start this post with a wonk alert. It is based on quantitative analysis, but no calculus, only arithmetic. Many organizations and pundits were urging supporters of the Liberal, … Read more
There are some differences in the disinformation campaigns launched by the Republicans in the United States and the Conservatives in Canada, with US campaigns tending more frequently to demonize social groups, whereas in Canada the focus is on defamation of leaders of opposing parties. These relatively subtle differences have led some to characterize Poilievre as … Read more
Why the Emotional is Political – Isaiah Ritzmann “I have loved you, I have grieved I am ashamed to admit I no longer believe.” Sufjan Stevens, America “Right the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack – a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen, … Read more
Reflecting on progress with the TRC Calls to Action -excerpted from comprehensive analyses: Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation and Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation by the Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led research and education centre based in the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University. It … Read more
Top of the news for many this August 2024 is the devastation of Jasper National Park…But nowhere in Canada is immune. We are experiencing the impact of climate breakdown…
Editorial by Joyce Hall, Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign (OCEC) Co-Chair Is the Ford government eroding Ontario democracy? Democracy means more than having elections every four years. Checks and balances within a system ensure that power is responsible, transparent, and accountable. Unfortunately, they can be removed incrementally and gradually, with the result that democracy suffers death … Read more