Magpie Brûlé: Talking the Firing of Don Cherry & Scheer’s Leadership Issues with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join Evan Solomon on “Ottawa Now” with Katlyn Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. Today we talked the firing of Don Cherry, the comments that got him fired and claims of anti-Catholic bigotry in regards to questions about Andrew Scheer’s Leadership. You can listen to
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Mexico grants political asylum to Evo Morales
Bolivian President Evo Morales annouces his resignation in Cochabamba, Bolivia on November 10, 2019. Still image taken from Bolivian Government TV. Mexico which has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Evo Morales didn’t resign, he was overthrown by a coup d’état
Evo Morales Ayma in Cochabamba, Bolivia in June 4, 2012. Photo by Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS. As of today, Evo Morales, the Indigenous president of Bolivia, was forced to resign the presidency. His Vice President, (Alvaro Garcia Linera) also resigned, as did Adrianna Salvatierra, the President of the Senate, who was
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada backs coup against Bolivia’s president
Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks from the presidential hangar in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, November 10, 2019. Photo by Enzo De Luca/AFP. In yet another example of the Liberals saying one thing and doing another, Justin Trudeau’s government has supported the ouster of Evo Morales. The Liberals’ position on Bolivia’s
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Bolivia in the crosshairs of US counter-revolution
A shattered picture frame holding a photograph of deposed Bolivian president Evo Morales. Image courtesy of MintPress News. Bolivia’s president Evo Morales Ayma has just resigned. Hours earlier, surrounded by leaders of the grassroots mass organizations that serve as a sort of “people’s cabinet,” he had called for new elections
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Cartoon of the year
Love it. And, yes, me and my Daisy colleagues proudly oppose racism. And go soak your head if you don’t like it. Please enjoy Tuesday's #DonCherry cartoon in @TorontoStar pic.twitter.com/Decsx3Hixt — Theo Moudakis (@TheoMoudakis) November 11, 2019
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: SNC-Lavalin, Justin Trudeau and ‘banana republic’ politics
Justin Trudeau delivers a speech on February 28, 2019. Photo by Christinne Muschi/Reuters. Commenting upon the prime minister’s response to the Ethics Commissioner’s report on political interference in the so-called ‘Lavalin-Gate Affair’, former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair characterized Justin Trudeau’s actions as “banana republic behaviour.” Perhaps not the most politically
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Wisdom Engaged ties decolonisation to shared health and well-being
Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being Edited by Leslie Main Johnson University of Alberta Press, 2019 An invaluable manual for decolonisation, Whose Land Is It Anyway?, includes a variety of perspectives from Indigenous academics and activists. The book, released in 2017, mentions “rights” and “land” 38 and 165
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: From Canada’s Election to Public Action: Beyond the Moral Tumor of Alberta’s Oil Sands
An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta. Photo by Getty Images. For months during and after Canada’s 2019 federal election campaign, corporate media have provided daily frontline news space for non-stop Alberta demands for more tar-sands export infrastructure through British Columbia, as well as discrediting
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The GM Strike and the Historical Convergence of Possibilities
Workers leave Flint Assembly plant early Monday, September 16, 2019 while taking part in a national strike against General Motors after stalled contract negotiations with General Motors. Photo by Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press. On September 16, 2019, forty-six thousand defiant General Motors (GM) workers streamed out on strike. This eruption
Continue readingThings Are Good: Porn Companies are Better at Moderation than Facebook
Publicly Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services state that they cannot control what is posted and moderate it fast enough to make a difference. They argue that the technical solutions are inefficient and almost impossible. However, companies that distribute user generated adult content have effective measures to moderation to
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Remembrance Day, the future of NATO & Don Cherry on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We talked about Remembrance Day, the future of NATO as an institution and the comments by Don Cherry. You can listen to a clip of the audio below. Enjoy!
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: There is no ‘you people’: Jagmeet Singh condemns Don Cherry
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is adding his voice to the chorus of people condemning Don Cherry for comments made on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday. Hira Singh-served in Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Remembrance Day – Canada’s First Nations Soldiers
By T.W. Paterson Originally published by the Cowichan Valley Citizen “It’s a fact that, unlike non-aboriginal soldiers, First Nation soldiers were not recognized for their service until recently and received no pensions.”—Marlene Rice, elder-in-residence Read more…
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Royal Veterans
As people around the world commemorate Remembrance Day we remember the sacrifices and bravery of our armed forces. The fact I can sit at my computer in rural New Brunswick and write this article without any fear of attack is in large part because of them. That this could easily be different reminds me that
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Remembrance Day 2019
I wrote this post a few years ago, but I can't think of anything else to say about the horror of war, that would not bring back some more nightmare memories for me and my companion. So here we go again…———————————————————————————————————————–.It's Remembrance Day 2019, and a time to remember all
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of November 11, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of November 11, 2019. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov 11, 2019 at 7:24am PST – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniel Tencer reports on Ray Dalio’s recognition that the economic system which made him a multi-billionaire is broken. And Harvey Cashore, Chelsea Gomez and Gillian Findlay report on the Liberal-connected tycoons who lobbied against any steps to stop the offshoring of wealth. –
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Wacky Wexit Weiners
I have always believed that Jason Kenney's religious fanaticism, his inner demons, and his burning ambition, would eventually threaten the survival of this country.And sure enough, first he stoked the fires of western alienation to unite the Cons and get himself elected premier. Now he's using the threat of separation to try
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