Somebody send me a post for the blog that led off with” “People like Donald Savoie (UofM), David Campbell, Peter Linfield and Don Desseraud (UNB) seem remarkably quiet about this election. Why are some of these experts not ‘beating the…
Continue ReadingThe best defence is a good offense
A few years ago I set up a Google News Alert to monitor stories about Canada’s Equalization program. It seemed to me then (the time of McGuinty’s fairness campaign) that the program was under seige from a number of groups…
Continue ReadingAn instructive case in populist point
I don’t spend a lot of time responding to everyone who comments on my blog here or elsewhere but there was a comment to my blog on populism over here at the People’s Alliance of New Brunswick site that really…
Continue ReadingA bit on populism
I see the Tories have adopted the slogan of putting New Brunswickers first. The Peoples’ Alliance Party is also using populism as its core thrust. I realize this is a great tool for rallying votes but I struggle to find…
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