Category Archives: Politics

How Much Bank Should A Big Bank Be?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Yaacov

Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the IMF, has a piece in the New York Times arguing that large banks should be broken up.

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Cutting the Universities

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Yaacov

The Walrus has a great piece on post-secondary education funding in Canada that reviews the history of the Martin and Harris cuts which put our universities into decline. There are very honest quotes from university presidents including this one from … Continue reading →

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Land Occupations in Southern Ontario

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Yaacov

This summer saw at least two occupations in southern Ontario, one at proposed site of the Hanlon Creek Business Park in Guelph. The other at a proposed garbage dump in Simcoe County called site 41. Both sites have won a … Continue reading →

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Preston Manning on Climate Change

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Yaacov

There’s a great blog tracking the lead up to the Copenhagen conference on climate change from a Canadian perspective. Written by sustainability activists Rebecca McNeil and Darcy Higgins, it addresses the political and social issues, as well as the urgency … Continue reading →

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Canadian Torture

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Yaacov

The Dominion makes a strong case that the Canadian government supports and is complicit in torture, including that of its own citizens. The links between the Abdelrazik, Khadr, Arar, Charkaoui and Afghan prisoners cases are not often made on the … Continue reading →

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