mentalfloss

The McHarper Government?

So the Sun posted an article about the land purchase rejection - which is fine.. except they also posted a picture of Ford's back yard. EDIT: The pic has been removed and replaced with a shot of Ford. Wow.

I agree. It would be the fiscally conservative thing to do.

I thought Stintz was conservative.

Actually, the situation gets worse as production goes up and costs remain externalized. So what we're seeing so far is the best case scenario. Give it 5-6 years and we may not have a manufacturing sector anymore.

If it's not Harper, it's Greece, so Mulcair must be Greece. Greece is the new WMD.

And even if it is minor right now, it's pretty obvious that the situation will become amplified if we focus entirely on resource extraction.

I think Oliver already regrets the comment. Today's QP will be very interesting.

That's assuming he can walk. But seriously, he's toast next election.

Was listening to Power and Politics last night, and it sounds like Mulcair is being vindicated. The point ultimately rests that a case of dutch disease exists. The degree of which is what is now to be determined.

Our Debt to GDP ratio is nowhere near Greece. /thread.

Who can disagree with that.

You never know. If he decides to put his money where his mouth is, the PR from taking a drink might be good for the CPC.

Ford's approval rating plummets to 33%. http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/31/rob-fords-approval-ratings-plummet-after-toronto-star-reporter-confrontation/

Just as an aside re: the opposition strategy. I think the best thing they can do is to continuously introduce a set of economic policy bills that they know will get passed in the house. This is a fundamentally better (and more long-term) strategy that could defeat the Tories than the existing wedge-issue game they are playing right now. It rids them of the divisive moniker and makes them look like better stewards of economic policy than the Conservatives.

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but it is about the oilsands. According to Joe Oliver, we'll be cleaning tail ponds so well WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRINK FROM THEM, so no need to enforce environmental regulation. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2012/05/30/pol-mulcair-oilsands-alberta-trip.html

Wow, thanks for the copy pasta wyly. I'd probably commit a bunch of those in the next few months had I not known.

A National energy strategy, yes. An agreement with all western provinces to promote sustainable development, not quite.

Not to this extent. I think exposure to the issue exploded since Mulcair's dutch disease comments.

The irony being that if it wasn't for Mulcair, they wouldn't be scrambling to change their tune. So much for being divisive.

I can see the value in that.

Oh, I see. I thought we simply weren't able to post entire articles. Okay.. I'll edit something in then.

It's a start?

From a federal perspective I think Mulcair is actually pretty well balanced on the economy and social issues.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Western+provinces+come+together+single+united+voice/6699164/story.html#ixzz1wM7JNIZj Well this is a start. It looks like we're going to have a long-term national discussion on how to properly develop the oilsands.