Posts Tagged ‘alex himelfarb’

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  The 25 most important people in Ottawa

  The Maclean’s 2012 power list

  by John Geddes, Paul Wells, Jonathon Gatehouse, Julie Smyth, Aaron Wherry and Michael Petrou - Tuesday, November 27, 2012

• Taking it to the streets

  Alex Himelfarb considers democracy, income inequality, consumerism and citizenship.
  The result: a marketized politics…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, October 10, 2012

• The kids and their pots

  Alex Himelfarb is both hopeful of and concerned for the next generation.
  We have…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, July 9, 2012

• Idea alert

  Italian researchers posit that legislatures would be better off if some members were selected…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, April 17, 2012

• Dismantling civil society

  Alex Himelfarb considers the budget.
  But what is clear even now is that these…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, April 17, 2012

• Looking the wrong way

  Alex Himelfarb attempts to put austerity in perspective.
  Today’s austerity, however, is not primarily…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

• Maybe we have it all wrong

  Alex Himelfarb considers taxes and the decline of trust, transparency, honesty and equality.
  Most…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, October 20, 2011

• The prosperity gap

  Alex Himelfarb considers the ramifications of inequality.
  When Warren Buffett argued that the rich…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 23, 2011

• The fear cycle

  Alex Himelfarb considers the state of crime policy in this country.
  In her 1997…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

• Junk politics

  Alex Himelfarb considers the revolution in crime policy that is about to pass the…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, May 30, 2011

• The House: 'We will get the democracy we deserve'

  Rather than simply lament for how little attention is paid to the institution, I…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, March 7, 2011

• The war at home

  Alex Himelfarb suggests we can’t export democracy if our own democracy is lacking.
  This…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, November 26, 2010

• The progressive response (II)

  Alex Himelfarb considers how progressives can respond to anger.
  Canadians deserve an alternative that…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 4, 2010

• What to think about where we're going

  Alex Himelfarb contemplates the future of government.
  One constant theme was the need to…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, September 29, 2010

• 'Democratic renewal is a better investment and a bargain to boot'

  Scott Payne talks to Alex Himelfarb about the present and future of Canadian democracy….

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, September 14, 2010

• The size, scope and purpose of government

  Alex Himelfarb takes stock of the state and the competing visions of welfare and…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

• The state adrift

  Alex Himelfarb considers the state of the Canadian state.
  Erosion of the state through…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, August 13, 2010

• Is knowledge important?

  Alex Himelfarb considers the census debate at some length.
  But even those who might…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, July 30, 2010

• 'An impossible position'

  Alex Himelfarb, formerly the highest ranking civil servant in Ottawa, reflects on the resignation…

  by Aaron Wherry - Saturday, July 24, 2010

• The meaning of citizenship

  Alex Himelfarb ties together disparate strands.
  What do the Omar Khadr case, the census…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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