It pains us to consider the lengths some cartel bosses would go to if it happened them. Imagine an outfit that cannot even make a profit selling marijuana. We are talking about the Ontario government here! After a full year in the business of selling the stuff, the government swore
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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Kate Aronoff offers a reminder that the right’s constant bleating about limiting government spending never applies to the cost of wars of choice. – Laura Glowacki reports on how Doug Ford’s choice to allow rent increases will only make matters worse for Ontario’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Don’t speak ill of the dead, Bruce Livesey
…that’s what I was taught, growing up. You evidently weren’t. Back story: sadly, Diane Ford died. I tweeted this about her passing. RIP and condolences to her family. “Diane Ford, mother of Premier Doug Ford and late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has died” #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/7LMLn57GRC — Warren Kinsella
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Stephen Buranyi laments the reality that the public’s increased awareness and concern about our ongoing climate breakdown isn’t being reflected in political decisions. And Noah Smith writes that while the rapid drop in prices for renewable energy may help us avoid the worst
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Brigid Delaney writes about the significance of the truth about climate breakdown. Graham Readfearn reports on the risk of outright firestorms as bush fires burn out of control. And Geoff Dembicki writes about a case from the Philippines seeing oil companies held responsible
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Stiffing Steel City.
Why does everyone take a swipe at Hamilton? It was over 100 years ago that STELCO was created and ever since, the city, the province and our country have benefitted by it. Its steel has helped create and defend our nation. Hamilton is a city built by steel. It was
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Bad government begets bad opposition.
They seem to go hand in hand. The more you loath the government of the day, the more you can loath their opposition. You have to admit that the Ontario government of premier Doug Ford is a disaster. So why does his opposition in the legislature have to be so
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Redefining conservatism: A zero sum game.
Our conservative friends are all in a tizzy. They think they are going to get to redefine their party. Fat chance, is the only answer for them. In a party that was defined by conservative Stephen Harper, 20 years ago, there are few progressives. Conservatism in Canada is where you
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Former Speaker Bob Wanner’s portrait, unveiled yesterday, adds a 21st Century touch to a gloomy 19th Century collection
It’s not just Alberta’s premiers who get their portraits hung in the dingy halls of the provincial Legislature Building in Edmonton, but the Assembly’s Speakers too. Let it be said here first that the portrait of Bob Wanner, the most recent Speaker to depart that role, unveiled at the Legislature
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The existential Doug Ford?
For today’s philosophy class, we are going to debate whether or not we have seen the real Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, this past week? When we saw him in action at the premiers’ meeting at the Toronto Airport on Monday, are we to assume that all the premiers were
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Rupert Neate writes about the twelve-figure tax avoidance by the U.S.’ largest tech firms, while noting that Amazon stands out as the worst offender. And Meagan Day interviews Ramesh Srninivasan about the need to democratize the administration of the Internet. – Meanwhile,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew MacLeod discusses how an anti-worker campaign at the Mountain Equipment Co-op demonstrates the need for employees to be able to bargain collectively without being subject to employer interference. – Linda McQuaig writes about Doug Ford’s plans to slash what’s already Canada’s lowest
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: When you don’t trust your MPP.
To get this straight, you can be sure I never voted for this guy. Doug Downey MPP does not live in our Barrie riding. He has been the go-to guy for Ontario conservatives up in Severn Township in north Simcoe County. I expect, his appointment as candidate in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford’s Monstrous Environmental Vandalism
I always knew that the beast Doug Ford was going to be a destructive force, and sure enough he has been.He has bulldozed decency, teachers and children, and will no doubt soon start demolishing medicare.But this is beyond belief.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will Jason Kenney Finish Off Andrew Scheer?
In my last post I looked at how the Jason Kenney is assaulting Alberta's democracy, acting like a dictator, and making Alberta look like a banana or bitumen republic.Going after those who would dare defy Big Oil, or dare investigate his corrupt government.And even making plans to replace the RCMP, that
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The Day of the Blacksmith.
We might be just one of many commentators trying to fathom the actions of Alberta’s premier. The other day, the province’s main apologist, Gillian Steward, reported in the Toronto Star that premier Jason Kenney’s threats to take Alberta and run away from home were getting louder every day. What amuses
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how Scott Moe has been left alone and isolated by the supposed “resistance”. (Though I’ll admit I underestimated his willingness to declare his unthinking support for anything suggested by Jason Kenney.) For further reading…– Jacques Poitras reported that Blaine Higgs’ sensible response to the federal election has been
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress examines the damage Doug Ford wants to inflict on children in Ontario’s education system. Fareed Khan calls out the right-wing politicians acting like spoiled children rather than responsible decision-makers. And Rick Smith discusses how to develop public policy to withstand the vandalism
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: “Regrets, I’ve had a few…
That is not contrition. When Frank Sinatra sang Paul Anka’s song My Way, he said those regrets were too few to mention. The listener is left wondering what is left untold that he does not mention. It is the same as Ontario premier Doug Ford’s crushing changes to the province’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Luke Savage responds to the attempt by neoliberals to escape growing discontent with corporate control and individual atomization by denying they actually represent a distinct position capable of being opposed: The ubiquity of a particular phenomenon does not make discrete analysis of it
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