1. Stephen Gordon reminds us about the Census, and gloomily points out that the Tory majority means we’ll likely find ourselves without credible data from 2006 to 2021.

2. Stephen Harper will be guest staring on Murdoch Mysteries next week – presumably detective Murdoch will attempt to get a clear answer about the government’s mysterious Strategic Review.

3. There’s lots of buzz about why Kai Nagata quit his job. While I take a few issues with parts of his somewhat naive, somewhat self-righteous, and somewhat rambly manifesto, there’s a lot of truth in what he’s saying and he deserves credit for his principled and gutsy decision.

4. The David Suzuki Foundation goes after the Ontario NDP’s platform – and justifiably so. The federal NDP and their provincial counterparts in nearly every province have opposed carbon taxes and supported tax cuts on pollution. There isn’t an environmentalist alive who will tell you that’s good environmental policy.