Canadians are about to vote in the country’s 44th election and this election may finally be the moment when the nation votes thinking about a green future. From coast to coast to coast in the country there will be local debates about the environment and what the candidates will do
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The Progressive Economics Forum: Liberal party’s housing platform
With a federal election taking place in Canada in fewer than three weeks, I’ve written a 950-word overview of the Liberal Party’s housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-liberal-partys-housing-platform/
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Forth Wave In Canada
Canada is experiencing a fair amount of Covid fatigue. The reception of news of the fourth wave seems like only a small ripple in the news. Unsurprisingly the news isn’t particularly good. The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel has gotten farther and dimmer as the delta variant
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: the federal Conservatives’ housing platform
With a federal election taking place in Canada on September 20, I’ve written an 800-word overview of the Conservatives’ housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-federal-conservatives-housing-platform
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: All the Queer Theory in the World will not help the Women of Afghanistan – “Mel T”
This letter published in the Scottish newspaper The National. It is a letter that would likely not see the light of day here in Canada where we seem to be beholden to a small subset of society that demands we disbelieve our eyes and perceptions to order to ‘be kind’
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: How Should We Judge Historical Figures
Should historical figures be judged by the best things they have done or the worst. Should they be judged by the standards of today or of their time. Should some things like slavery or genocide be considered evil no matter when they may have occurred. These are legitimate questions to
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: If You Are Going To Vote, Read This
Things are changing rapidly in the world, but as of this moment, we can say a few things about the major political parties of the Western world, with reasonable certainty. It is now undeniable, that by their actions, the major parties of the Western world, including the Democratic party of
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: the federal NDP’s housing platform
With a federal election taking place in Canada on September 20, the NDP has released its platform, which includes important housing-related measures. I’ve written a ‘top 10’ overview of the housing components of the platform. My overview is available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-federal-ndps-housing-platform/.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: This is not a setback, it’s a rout – the war in Afghanistan is all but over and the Taliban insurgency has won
Suddenly, the provincial capitals of Afghanistan are falling like bowling pins to the Taliban. As of yesterday, the New York Times reported, only four major cities remained in the hands of the Afghan government. One of them was Kabul, the capital. Two of them were besieged. The last Soviet troops
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Biggest Political News of the Day
We are having a baby!!!! @gurkirankaur_ and I are so excited for this new adventure! pic.twitter.com/ULyw8EfQnO — Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) August 12, 2021 Congrats to Jagmeet Singh and his wife. Oh, and there’s an expected election call for Sept. 20th. Twitter Top Trends, (not edited):"Is it safe? What's the ballot
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The door remains open a crack for Canada to act in the interests of its citizens, including the ones jailed in China
Canada ignored the lifeline China threw us last spring, when a Chinese court adjourned the trial of Michael Spavor without a verdict. The implication at the time was clear: Let Meng Wanzhou go and we’ll give Mr. Spavor and Michael Kovrig back. Meng Wanzhou (Photo: Huawei Technologies). Pleading not very
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Canada’s progressive tilt—mitigating first-past-the-post
From 2006 to 2015 we endured a decade of Conservative rule even though the Conservatives never won the support of even 40 percent of Canadian voters. Such are the idiosyncrasies of the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system. Since 2015 we have been governed by the Liberals, but not with much more
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Climate change tops voters’ priorities … seriously
The most recent Angus Reid Institute poll on Canadians’ priorities and voting intentions had at least one big surprise. That, at least to this observer of the Canadian mind, was that environment/climate change has emerged as the country’s top priority, edging out the perennial favourite health care and even Covid-10,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Letter to CTV News in Response to Blatant Trans Propaganda
Did you need to see an example of extreme gender ideological bias in the Canadian News Media? Check out “Rights aren’t a Competition” over at CTV news. Yikes. Anyways, here is my letter to the producers and CTV news regarding the atrocity that is that article. “To the producers
Continue readingKersplebedeb: [CBC] Victims of communism memorial received donations honouring fascists, Nazi collaborators, according to website
Fundraiser says the list of names to be included on the monument has not been finalized Taylor C. Noakes · Originally posted on CBC News, Jul 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: July 23 The Memorial to the Victims of Communism under construction in Ottawa. (CBC/SRC OTTAWA A
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Reclaiming Democracy In Canada – And Around The World
In the 1960s, there was a cultural awakening which spread rapidly around the world, and Chomsky is right in calling it both a cultural awakening, and also, an outbreak of democracy. The civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the gay rights movement, the native rights movement, the anti-war and
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: The Nakba Continues – Palestine and Turtle Island
There are many parallels between the struggles of Palestinians and the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Chandni Desai and Ali Abunimah reflect on some of these in this presentation. Chandni Desai teaches at the University of Toronto. Her research and writing focus on Palestinian resistance culture and the politics of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Transgender Ideology Obscures & Enables Male Violence – CTV (Newspeak) News
This from a major Canadian ‘news’ website. Forget about ‘just wanting to pee’ wedge issue bullshit – this is what we are in for in Canadian society; this is the upside-down nothing has any meaning timeline that trans ideology has in store for us. Do not believe your eyes, but
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Identity Politics in Action – When “Who” is more important that “What”.
Identity politics serves to corrupt the notions of morality, common sense, and what it means to live in a society under the rule of law. This is a brief examination of a twitter thread I stumbled across about the recent cases of Catholic Churches being burnt down as misguided retaliation
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Why Is The SaskParty Lying About Well Cleanups?
Here’s the scale of the problem: "Remediation of thousands of orphaned oil&gas wells and the eventual “clean-up” of the oilsands mines& tailings ponds -estimated by the Alberta Energy Regulator to be as high as $260B or equivalent to all of the royalty revenue paid by the industry to Alberta from
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