The 2020 Olympic Games will be the culmination of a year of failure, wrapped up into a mega-spectacle desperately pushing a message of overwhelming hope and finality. Image by Charis Tsevis/Flickr. Like a parasite, virus or any other kind of pestilence that has plagued humans throughout history, the Olympic Games
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Canadian Dimension: Canada should not host the Olympics, ever
Outside the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Photo by Will Pimblett/Flickr. On February 9, Green Party leader Annamie Paul stated that Canada should take over hosting duties for the 2022 Olympics Games, citing China’s human rights record and treatment of its Uighur and Muslim minority populations. This is a terrible idea. It ignores
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: From Winnipeg to Tokyo: Sports capitalism and the surveillance state
A police officer stands guard during a Winnipeg Jets game. Photo courtesy the Winnipeg Police Service/Facebook. About a year ago, the Downtown Safety Partnership, a “pilot project to improve safety and public confidence in downtown Winnipeg,” was launched through a collaboration between the city, the Winnipeg Police Services, the Winnipeg
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Watching football in Trumpland: Sports and the populist right
US President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of Defense James Mattis, participates in pre-game ceremonies at the Army-Navy NCAA College football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/Flickr. During Tuesday’s first American presidential debate, Donald Trump triumphantly declared
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Modern Monetary Theory could be the key to unlocking Canada’s economic future
MMT has the potential to upset an economic order that posits governments are always subject to private enterprise, not the other way around. Photo by Jamie McCaffrey/Flickr. As payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) come to an end and are replaced by less substantial programs, there’s increasing anxiety
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Jack Layton is the NDP’s third rail
Former NDP leader Jack Layton at a rally in Saskatoon, April 9, 2011. Photo by Matt Jiggins/Flickr. The NDP is in the midst of a quiet crisis. The party has not made significant headway since the 2015 federal election, when they won just under 20 percent of the vote, a
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