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Canada reluctant to crack down on rich, powerful tax-evaders 

Do the rich and powerful get special treatment? It's certainly easy for the authorities to go easy on them when there's no spotlight on their...

VOTES THAT CONDONE TORTURE IN AFGHANISTAN: Liberals back Tories to extend torture-tarnished mission 

Our two leading political parties last month joined forces to commit Canada to another three years of military intervention in support of the...

SPP-EAK NO EVIL: What's the SPP up to? Do your best to find out. Good luck 

Nothing better illustrates the sorry state of progressive politics in North America than the fact that opposition to one of the most...

OUR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AMERICANIZATION: Afghan torture furor shows how Canada kowtows to the U.S. 

It was almost enough to revive one's faith in Canada as a functioning democracy, not to mention a member of the civilized world. After weeks of...

BUILDING A NATION WITH BODY BAGS: Harper gov't funds and glorifies war instead of just society 

The old refrain "War, what is it good for?" raised a valid question. But it's a question that doesn't trouble the Harper crowd. Prime Minister...

The great disconnect: taxes and services 

Stephen Harper has been advocating something that would be a significant departure for Canada--pushing Canadian taxes below U.S. levels. At an...

Lost in the global shopping mall. 

Lost in the global shopping mall. 

The rapaciousness of certain business leaders has been much in the spotlight recently. In the wake of the Enron scandal, even conservative...

History of Tax Reform Purged of Class Warfare and Drama 

At the end of The Politics of Taxation in Canada, Geoffrey Hale comments that current circumstances prevent governments, whether federal or...

Matter of will. 

What choices do we, as citizens, have in the massive global economy? Can we still have a society that defends the public good, a society focused...