This week @ rabble.ca: Is Harpers goose finally cooked?

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Published on Tuesday, 25 August 2015 11:15

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20 Aug 2015

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Things continued to heat up this week in the Duffy trial as Stephen Harper's PMO was put under the microscope. rabble.ca parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg was there and brought us his analysis from the proceedings -- see his reports here. What does this all mean for Stephen Harper and his Conservatives? Is Harper's goose finally cooked? Read what bloggers Gerry Caplan and David Climenhaga have to say about the Conservatives' fortunes after another week on trial. Want to have your say? Join the election conversation with babble, our online discussion forum!

The need to balance the needs of the economy with those of the environment, first raised by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair during last week's Maclean's leaders' debate has become an election issue. This means that culture has become an election issue too. Find out why in Heather Menzies' commentary here.

On August 27 help pump up the annual Feminist Art Conference in Toronto with drinks, food and performances including LAL. Join us at the Younger than Beyonce Gallery 563 Dundas Street East, Suite 201 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets $15.

This week's top news

BC Hydro targets eagles' homes in Peace River Valley with Site C prep
The proposed building of the Site C dam would flood 5,550 hectares and destroy agricultural land and wildlife habitats. On top of that, BC Hydro is now going to cut down trees, destroying eagle nests.
By Rita Wong

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Federal Leaders Must Come Up With a Substitute for Oil

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Published on Monday, 24 August 2015 22:30

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1156 .... August 25, 2015
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Federal Leaders Must Come Up With a Substitute for Oil

Amir Khadir

The longest election campaign in recent Canadian history is an opportunity to point to the contradictions of the major parties on the question of ecology. If there is one issue that touches simultaneously on economic development, the protection of ecosystems, public health, climate warming, transportation and the legitimacy of public institutions, it is the exploitation of the tar sands and the many pipeline projects for exporting the most polluting oil in the world.

Let's say it straightaway: No federal party at this time has a credible plan to get out of hydrocarbons. They have not said where they stand on controversial projects like Old Harry, Anticosti or shale gas. As long as...

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News from the Ecosocialist Coalition

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Published on Thursday, 24 September 2015 23:45

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We're looking for short films about working people

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Published on Monday, 24 August 2015 08:15

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We're almost there! Help us end second-class citizenship

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Published on Monday, 24 August 2015 06:15

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Public Transit Struggles in London and Toronto

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Published on Saturday, 22 August 2015 22:15

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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 9 August 2015

Public Transit Struggles in London and Toronto:
P3s, Transit Workers and Alternatives

A forum to discuss the struggles over public transit in London, England and in Toronto, over P3s, privatization, funding public transit, and posing alternatives, such as reduced fares, free transit and increased accessibility. We are at a turning point in the struggle for public transit, particularly in Toronto. Although we have now won broad recognition of the need to expand public transit, the modes and organizational forms this will take, the fares that will be levied, the funding provisions and the operational practices remain completely unclear. There remains nothing in the way of a national public transit plan in Canada, and Ontario planning is both ad hoc and bent on privatization. There are important strategic lessons...

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