CAPRU is late, but still here.
Linda McQuaig:
"This is a vision of a nation in which we're all in it together – in which burdens are shared broadly, rather than simply inflicted upon a small minority."
More visionary socialist stuff from Barack Obama? Well, not quite.
In fact, the line is from conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks. And, in case it isn't obvious, the "small minority" whose burden he is urging everyone to share is: the rich.
Yes, we should all stop focusing so much on ourselves, and think more about the plight of billionaires.
Don Martin thinks the stimulus money should go to white-collar office workers... like himself.
As ministerial staff book ribbon-cutting ceremonies for their political bosses across the country and the number of cash-giveaway news releases accelerates, one thing is increasingly clear: The stimulus package paid for by all taxpayers is a blue-collar, mostly-male, make-work project.
Andrew Hanon
He's one of hundreds of foreigners in the Edmonton area who've lost their jobs in recent weeks but are ineligible for assistance like Employment Insurance because they haven't been working long enough.
By law, they are the first to lose their jobs in the economic downturn and the last to be rehired. Employers can't hire foreign workers if any qualified Canadians are available.
At the peak of Alberta's labour shortage, there were 57,000 foreign workers in the province, ranging from construction tradesmen to hotel housekeepers.
Michèle Ouimet examine une île, une ville pour Montréal.
Neil Waugh: "Oogedy Boogedy! The big debt monster is out to eat you and your children. Don't spend money on social programs!"
Murray Campbell discusses how McGuinty isn't prepared for Horwath.
"With all the tools that the government has at hand and has at its disposal, how could the Premier let this happen?" she asked.
It wasn't exactly a new question for Dalton McGuinty, who has been hammered from every direction in recent months as Ontario fell hard into recession.
But he seemed uncertain how to answer Ms. Horwath, if for no other reason than she wasn't former leader Howard Hampton.
He tap danced for a while about the global nature of the recession and his government's infrastructure spending.
But it took him many long minutes before he hit upon the all-purpose escape hatch beloved by cabinet ministers - linking the present-day NDP to the days when Bob Rae was their premier (and Mr. Hampton a cabinet minister). [Rae, by the way, is a Liberal now.]
Shorter Terance Corcoran: The liberal media is out to destroy capitalism, see, this series of articles describing the recent economic failures from the Financial Times is proof.
Mindelle Jacobs discusses the disgusting abuse of excommunication as a vindictive tool by a bishop in Brazil. (Note: excommunication is supposed to be used as a medicinal measure (to handle heresy or teachings contrary to the faith), not a vindictive measure.)
Since the Catholic Church couldn't stop her from having an abortion, the local archbishop spanked the family with a religious penalty -- excommunicating the girl's mother and the doctors.
Memo to the Vatican: They don't care. They made what they felt was the right call under the circumstances. And they undoubtedly believe God is on their side.
Tellingly, the archbishop didn't excommunicate the stepfather, who is now in custody. While he allegedly committed a crime by molesting the girl for years, abortion is the more serious offence, according to the church.
Kelly McParland misses the good ol' days of Mike Harris and is praying that since John Tory lost, the Ontario Cons will run far far to the right.
Katrina Miller, John Cartwright
We have been calling for stable fares for a number of years, and it couldn't have come at a better time. Affordable, reliable transit is exactly the kind of support Torontonians need to weather the storm that is hitting our economy.
Helping people move easily from one part of the city to another is key to increasing their employability. Doing it through public transit does less damage to the air we breathe and the planet we live on.
Those on council who wish to raise fares only have to look back to the last recession to see the error in their thinking.
Shorter John Ibbitson: Obama is doing too little, no, he's doing too much, no, he's doing too little, oh wait, too much. Wait, he's doing too little of too much in too little of a manner?