Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.
- Chris Selley rightly points out that for all the damage the Cons can do in a term of majority government, we shouldn't overstate how much of it is irreversible. And more importantly, while it's well worth putting time and effort into defending the institutions under attack to the extent possible, the opposition parties may be able to accomplish far more by planning out what comes next after the Cons' wrecking crew is done.
- Which isn't to say there isn't plenty to be outraged about in the short term - from putting Canada's nuclear safety in the hands of a spin doctor's mother, to a new round of patronage in the Senate, to tens of millions of public dollars spent on pure self-promotion, to ominous economic figures at a time when the Cons are focused on gratuitous austerity (for everybody but a bloated Privy Council Office and spending on prisons and military giveaways) rather than remotely competent management.
- And it's also worth noting that in at least some cases, the Cons are quite deliberately lighting fuses intended to have massive long-term effects.
- But on the bright side, NOW has a rundown of the NDP's nomination contest in Toronto-Danforth - with an exceptional group of candidates seeking the chance to serve the riding.
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