Liberal Party

Smart Links 03 June 2012
Paul Summerville • June 2, 2012

Commentary on the panic trade to bonds, right employees hard to find, Obama’s cyber war, and Rex weighs in on the death of the Liberal Party of Canada.

The combination of all the structural problems in the global economy’s biggest economies all coming to a head at the same time has pushed bond yields down to abnormal levels.

 

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Smart Links 26 March 2012
Paul Summerville • March 26, 2012

Commentary on visit parking, brain in a box, US defence spending, Black while walking, and what Harper and Mulcair have in common.

Where can you park around here?

New York Times – When a Parking Lot Is So Much More
NO ONE loves a parking lot.

Related.

Economist -- A dearth of parking places riles the new middle class

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Smart Links 12 November 2011
Paul Summerville • November 12, 2011

Commentary on the importance of Shakespeare, the Liberal Party of Canada’s primary proposal, a report on innovation in the United States, and Bob Rae’s winning streak.

The first live Shakespearean play I saw was at Stratford-upon-Avon in July 1976 when I was 18 travelling through England on a BritRail pass. Stratford was on the map of places to go to and Romeo and Juliet happened to be playing so I bought the cheapest ticket available.

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Smart Links -- 13 June 2011
Paul Summerville • June 13, 2011

Articles on the uncertain impact of QE2, Bob Rae’s budget rebuttal framed by Will Hutton’s devastating commentary on the right’s mindless attack on the state, the power of Deutsche Bank, the challenges facing Canadian cities, and Mayor Dean Fortin’s economic strategy for the city of Victoria.

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Piling On
Paul Summerville • March 30, 2010

Remembering the Liberal Party conference in Montreal was not designed to engage Canadians but engage the grassroots it is way to early to judge whether anything vital will come out of it all particularly since a series of five regional conferences with a policy programme to follow in the summer is yet to come. Still if the conference was designed to elevate the standing of the Leader of the Opposition there are few biting comments to the contrary.

Margaret Wente.

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If That's The Goal It Won't
Paul Summerville • March 13, 2010

At a $500 dollar afternoon tete-de-tete for 20 or so Victoria Liberals last summer I asked Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff whether he agreed that the political debate in Ottawa was petty, short-sighted and that perhaps the Liberals could use an important upcoming Canadian anniversary to frame the conversation in a more positive (read excellent) way.

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