Prime Minister Harper’s team gets a good laugh over ‘austerity’
Federal government deliberately lowballed the costs of the F-35 program.
View ArticleIt would help if Andrea Horwath had a billionaire onside
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is boldly taking on the most powerful forces in Canada all by herself.
View ArticleQuebec students send a message against austerity
Student strikers figured out that economic policies of self-denial have more to do with dogma than with a new economic reality.
View ArticleStephen Harper government turns environmentalists into public enemies
Prime Minister uses the resources of the state to intimidate and silence critics.
View ArticleThey shoot baby hippos, don’t they?
Today’s leaders want us to believe our dreams of human betterment are no longer affordable.
View ArticleExtreme weather fails to trigger discussion on climate change
Ten years ago, climate change got considerably more attention from the media and governments.
View ArticleThough business sits on $500 billion, workers’ salaries are under seige
Both business and government are waging war on the wages of workers — the very people whose spending powers the economy, writes Linda McQuaig
View ArticleMitt Romney blurts out the truth about neo-conservatism
Republican so vividly exposed the cynicism and greed that lies at the heart of what is now called ‘conservatism’ that he may have inadvertently begun its undoing.
View ArticleBinders full of women and the matriarchy myth: McQuaig
Systemic discrimination against women is alive and well.
View ArticleFight against climate change blocked by Luddites at Big Oil: McQuaig
Companies unwilling to write off trillions in proven reserves.
View ArticleAssault-style weapons easily available in Canada
Shopping online, it’s easy to forget that assault weapons are machines designed explicitly to kill humans in warfare.
View ArticleMcQuaig: Canada’s energy juggernaut hits a native roadblock
Aboriginal people’s insistence on their constitutional rights may be the last best hope of Canada to reverse its reckless disregard for the dictates of Mother Earth.
View ArticleUnions in Canada under siege from government, business and media: McQuaig
Unions are really the only organized line of defence against the broad right-wing assault on social programs and government regulations.
View ArticleHugo Chavez depicted as tyrant for challenging western oil domination: McQuaig
Venezuelan leader redirected vast sums of national wealth to the swollen ranks of Venezuela’s poor.
View ArticleHarper government’s fraudulent attempt to look tough on tax havens: McQuaig
Rules are so poorly designed they’ve been useless in making it harder for Canadians to hide money offshore.
View ArticleHarper stokes resentments in discreet class war: McQuaig
Thatcher-style attempt to crush unions would leave Canadian workers powerless.
View ArticleNigel Wright’s role as party bagman deserves scrutiny: McQuaig
Former Harper chief of staff Nigel Wright was a key player in the Conservative fundraising machine.
View ArticleIs environmental action impossible in corporate-dominated age?: McQuaig
Paralysis on climate change contrasts with effective action on ozone in the past.
View ArticleHarper helped push world toward austerity: McQuaig
Part of larger agenda that’s led to dramatic rise in inequality
View ArticleJustin Trudeau confuses forceful debate for negative politics: McQuaig
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wants to do away with negative politics, but in the process he seems to be rejecting meaningful debate.
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