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Yup. His bio speaks of his devotion to Milton Freidman, a driving force behind neoliberal economics, and PP calls him a "seminal influence" in his life and politics.

Not really, it just doesn't get much air time in conservative circles, where environmental and social issues tend to get scoffed at rather than seriously considered. Middle and lower class wages have been largely stagnant since neoliberal economics gained popularity in the eighties, Reagan in...

That's the meat of right there, it's not good for everyone. It's good for the few at the top. Freidman style economics gave us four decades of stagnant wages for the middle and lower classes, a manufacturing sector devastated by shipping jobs overseas, and an environment in peril.

If you look at PP's history right back into his teens, one thing stands out above all else, his political ambition. Next to that is his devotion to Freidman style economics which, as the past forty years have shown us is a failure for all but the privileged few.

I think the point to be considered is that the far right is an important part of PP's overall strategy. By not turning his back on them as a lot of Canadians think he should, he avoids alienating them and many others on the right, but not as far right. It's all numbers, and PP is a shrewd...

In the past CPP payments were designed to equal one quarter of your average lifetime income. With the enhancement program now underway they will increase that to one third by 2025.

In my perfect little dream world the goal of any elected official, either in power or in opposition, would be to make life better for Canadians. If the CPC has a better idea there would still be some degree of victory in having the Liberals adopt that idea if victory is all that's important to...

Trudeau rode a wave of discontent, the "solution" to widespread dissatisfaction with the Harper government. There was no populism involved, at the time he was simply a more popular choice. All he had to do was be there. One could argue that the same situation applies for PP, but the populism...

It's obvious that he is a skilled politician and an effective speaker, but we've got possibly three years until the next election and sooner or later he's going to have to come up with some concrete policy suggestions. Right now he's playing a heavy populist hand of support for Canadians that...

There most certainly are some parallels between PP's leadership bid and the Trump presidential campaign, not the least of which was PP's deft application of the populist shtick in whipping up an emotional frenzy without any actual policy statements beyond vague references to "remove the...

I can see the next three years (?) making for some great political spectating. PP is a skilled politician, he knows what people want to hear and when to say it. It will be interesting when he gets a little more specific on policy.

I'm watching municipal elections with renewed interest in the light of the meteoric rise in housing costs. There is plenty of room to take action at the municipal level with things like financial encouragement for non-profit suppliers and housing co-ops. I live in an area of very high tourist...

If you watch it three times it becomes true. :)

In a perfect world that's just how it would be. But in the real world there are those who activley work to destroy the credibility of any source that doesn't march in lockstep with their own vision of the way things should be. These are not the sort of people prone to picking up a book now and...

"Starving the population." Sensationalist bullshit. Crop yields can be maintained with lower use of nitrogen fertilizer and improved stewardship. Not all farmers are on the "You're killing us boat".

But there are ways that productivity and emission reduction can be had at the same time. Why do people gravitate away from that to the "We're killing the farmers" crap ? Isn't saving the world a worthwhile project, or is it more important to have lots of money in the short term ?

A lot of it comes down to the individual's perception of the climate challenges that face us. For the most part, those railing against measures to reduce GHG emissions rely on a short term cost/benefit position, while those in support take a longer view of the hazards we face, a view that the...

To a point, and in the end it just brings up more questions. The booming success of the corporate sector over the past forty years ties directly back to a grocery list of tax and legislative changes that has made it easier for those who laready have lots of money to go on and make more. This...

I haven't forgotten government's role, but as much as everyone likes to talk about reducing government spending thhings get real quiet when you ask what services we can do without. My question was pretty straightforward, why is the corporate tax rate today half of what it was in 1980, when the...

When money going out grows at a pace larger than money coming in the end result is not difficult to predict. People are getting priced out of the housing market as we speak in BC's major centers.