Going, Going, Gone. Dismantling the Progressive State (0)

Now that some time has passed since the federal budget it might be useful to step back and assess what it says about where the government is taking us. Reaction has been pretty muted. The “centrist punditry” generally see this as an incremental budget, business as usual, “balanced” and “mature”. For our Globe editorialists, for [...]

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1. CITIZENSHIP»

Tax Is Not a Four-letter Word (0)

Ironically it is in the anti-tax U.S. that a conversation has erupted on taxes. Warren Buffett and a few other billionaires helped open the door, if only a crack, and President Obama has, finally, made taxing the rich a key means of funding his jobs plan. In the context of all that is happening now [...]

2. ECONOMY»

Going, Going, Gone. Dismantling the Progressive State (0)

Now that some time has passed since the federal budget it might be useful to step back and assess what it says about where the government is taking us. Reaction has been pretty muted. The “centrist punditry” generally see this as an incremental budget, business as usual, “balanced” and “mature”. For our Globe editorialists, for [...]

3. INSTITUTIONS»

CONFÉRENCE: Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne (0)

Le Centre d’excellence en études européennes de York (EUCE) est l’hôte de la conférence  “Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne” tenue le 21 et 22 octobre 2011 au Collège universitaire Glendon (Université York). La conférence est une réunion de l’Association  France Canada d’Études stratégiques et elle est convoquée par le professeur Ian Roberge, [...]

4. SOCIAL PROGRAMS»

Un Canada plus mesquin (0)

Le nouveau Parlement du Canada s’apprête à redéfinir le système de justice pénale et, à bien des égards, le Canada lui-même. Moins de 100 jours de séance après la reprise des travaux, le Parlement adoptera un projet de loi omnibus de répression de la criminalité qui représentera la plus grande réforme du système de justice [...]