tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post3637672923182472438..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Where Are The Big Ideas?Owen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36966851394772091382014-02-25T23:27:08.889-05:002014-02-25T23:27:08.889-05:00Anyone who is full of him or herself can be proud ...Anyone who is full of him or herself can be proud as a peacock, Steve. And the Conservatives are full of themselves.<br /><br />Pierre was right about a lot of things. Knowing that the son of the man they thought they had sent to history's dustbin is now the leader of the Liberal Party is driving them crazy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-51517369320512316552014-02-25T18:38:17.195-05:002014-02-25T18:38:17.195-05:00Not just Tommy what about Pierre. He was right on ...Not just Tommy what about Pierre. He was right on the NEP and why cant we still do that? He was right on High Speed Rail and thats still open. He was right on the Charter of rights and Freedoms, and we benifit from that daily, prime example the <a href="http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2014/02/canadian-justice-stands-true.html" rel="nofollow">teksavy ruling.</a><br /><br />Proportinal representation is the only way forward. The NDP cant be true to its roots because its afraid. Why then can Conservatives be proud as peakcocks?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-28139323354958169462014-02-25T15:50:26.606-05:002014-02-25T15:50:26.606-05:00The idea -- which Harper has voiced -- that there ...The idea -- which Harper has voiced -- that there is no such thing as a good tax has become chapter and verse, Lorne.<br /><br />And all party leaders are afraid to argue with the conventional wisdom.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-57839582420918814282014-02-25T15:37:29.615-05:002014-02-25T15:37:29.615-05:00It seems to me, Owen, that part of the problem is ...It seems to me, Owen, that part of the problem is that we have accepted, with very little critical thinking, the false premise constantly propagated by the neoconservatives, that we are heavily overtaxed. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth, as a tiny bit of historical and contemporary research would prove. And sadly, as you point out here, there is no other party with the integrity to point out that inconvenient truth.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-83723422344033352152014-02-25T12:46:08.881-05:002014-02-25T12:46:08.881-05:00I, indeed, hope that we do, Loving It. Our problem...I, indeed, hope that we do, Loving It. Our problem is that, too often, we choose willful ignorance over collective intelligence.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52449820649458811532014-02-25T12:39:45.832-05:002014-02-25T12:39:45.832-05:00Owen...may I suggest we excercise our collective i...Owen...may I suggest we excercise our collective intelligence? Benevolent wisdom trumps partisan and self-interested hackery...every time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-86287258134350708312014-02-25T11:51:28.512-05:002014-02-25T11:51:28.512-05:00Our collective intelligence has atrophied, Danneau...Our collective intelligence has atrophied, Danneau. We used to be able to identify hucksters pretty easily.<br /><br />Now we mistakenly think they're heroes.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-56844675632147472582014-02-25T11:46:07.921-05:002014-02-25T11:46:07.921-05:00The problem lies in matching benefits with interes...The problem lies in matching benefits with interests: all of the ideas presented in the CCPA Alternative Budget are, no surprise, progressive. Canada has been run by a succession of regressive governments serving the interests of industry and the wealthy minority, people who thrive on regression in the tax régime and austerity in the spending process, simply because they don't need government services: they can pay up front. The current progressive opposition, the NDP, is no longer progressive, if we are to judge them by their support for energy projects and trade agreements. They are likely to fade to a rump, while the two regressive parties in the House slug it out to see which faction can better fill the coffers of its friends. Strange that the CCCP makes so much sense, so often, so calmly, and even gets press, I suspect because the press knows that anything they say will be laughed off by the vast majority, else they'd never see the least en-dash in a paper or single frame on television. Our collective intelligence isn't worth much.Danneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129916194006552602noreply@blogger.com