Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| The notion more pipelines will solve all of Alberta's problems is, of course, nonsense. To understand why, consider Australian LNG exports. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| "Canada is never going to run out of oil, just like we never ran out of beavers." Alas, notes economist Jim Stanford, that doesn't mean there will always be a market for the stuff. |
Podcast
Redeye Collective
| The Conservative government's reliance on austerity and trickle-down economics has led to the most poorly performing Canadian economy since the Second World War, according to Jim Stanford. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| It turns out Ralph Klein was doing no favours for Alberta or Albertans with his debt fetishizing. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| What do you have to do to focus the media's attention on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's horrible economic performance? Draft a Top Ten List? |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| I expect today's "study" from the Fraser Institute will make claims about the cost of public services in Alberta that are unsupported by the evidence but heavily spun in a press release. |
News
rabble staff
| Moderated by Trish Hennessey at the opening of the Good Jobs Summit, Bottom Line panelists tackle the question of what constitutes a good job. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to change the channel, but the remote seems to be lost under a pillow while Mike Duffy fills the screen. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| From Ontario's perspective, if currency distortions fuelled by Alberta's oil industry continue to disrupt Central Canada's economic wellbeing, more equalization not less is going to be required. |
Podcast
John Bonnar
| Listen to Jim Stanford's speech to the delegates at the CAW-TCA Convention in Toronto. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| It is typical of the tactics of the Harper Conservatives to use wedge issues to intentionally divide Canadians along regional lines and then to disingenuously attribute the same strategy to their oppo |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Wide open corporate and propaganda institute reporting would be a worthwhile demand for the young people who are this week protesting against the depredations of the 1 per cent. |