Postmedia is now advertising for a new editor-in-chief for the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Sun. It may come as something of a surprise to Edmonton readers that English Canada’s largest newspaper corporation is seeking “a dynamic, innovative journalistic leader to oversee the editorial vision and content of Postmedia’s Edmonton
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Alberta Politics: Not a lot of light between UCP and Alberta Party ‘Ministry of Truth’ schemes, or for that matter the NDP approach
Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel got a couple of things right about Jason Kenney’s plan to establish a “war room” in the Ministry of Energy to pump out belligerent propaganda attacking environmentalists, other governments and private citizens who fail to support of Alberta’s wishes for endless oilsands expansion with sufficient
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Now Things Are Getting Really Ridiculous
A sad menagerie for all to behold. Recommend this Post
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Those lame green coroplast arrows point to one thing: the UCP’s cozy relationship with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
PHOTOS: United Conservative Party MLA Wes Taylor with his notorious green coroplast arrow. Below: An example of the fun made of Mr. Taylor by Internet wags; Porky the Waster Hater, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s mascot; Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean in happier times with their lame
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Right-wing propaganda instantly pivots to explain away progressive successes Monday in Alberta municipal elections
PHOTOS: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who overcame a full-blown attack by all the usual suspects on the right in Monday’s Alberta-wide municipal elections, addressing the biennial convention of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions in Calgary in June. Below: Bill Smith, Mr. Nenshi’s main conservative challenger, who didn’t do as
Continue readingAlberta Politics: It won’t hurt NDP for centrist voters to understand how close Rachel Notley’s energy policy is to Jim Prentice’s proposals
PHOTOS: Jim Prentice during his time as premier of Alberta. Below: Premier Rachel Notley, Prentice co-author Jean-Sébastian Rioux (Twitter), and journalist Jason Markusoff (Twitter). The revelation that the moderate and thoughtful energy policy proposed by the late Jim Prentice soon after he left politics in 2015 was very similar to
Continue readingCarbon49 – Sustainability for Canadian businesses: Maclean’s Magazine Interview
Maclean’s magazine “The Year in Pictures 2016” special collector’s edition contains a seven-page special section on climate change. In the article Insights on Corporate Sustainability I was interviewed on my consulting experiences driving sustainability projects. I also share a few tips on how to more effectively turn corporate green initiatives into
Continue readingAlberta Politics: No losers except Canadians in last night’s ditchwater-dull debate
PHOTOS: Zzzzzzzzz … Why are these men smiling? Below: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, sneering; Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair, smiling unnervingly; Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, doing his best to look pugnacious; Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, happy to be there. Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair stayed calm, smiled and looked prime ministerial
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Do they Not Get Any Canadian News In Peru?
I had to wonder after reading this story and watching the video below. After all, asserting to be Mike Duffy’s daughter is not something that most people would claim, given the porcine senator’s domestic notoriety: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Timely Reminder of Young Tim Hudak’s Faulty Math
While much of the media seem to give young Tim Hudak a free pass on his ludicrouse claim that he will create one million jobs in Ontario over eight years by slashing both jobs and corporate taxes, Paul Boothe at Maclean’s is offering a more critical perspective: A very surprising
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How The Mighty Are Fallen
Anne Kingston, a writer for Maclean’s, offer a peak at her upcoming exposé of Wadena’s Wayward Woman and her fall from grace: Breaking News: Despite her continued protestations of having done nothing wrong, Wallin has just repaid another $100K, accompanied by the following statement: “Although I fundamentally disagree with the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: Late Coda To Hechme Case
Richard Warman is still having to tell people it’s lies: The “Hechme allegation” was one of the stranger incidents in The Speechy Wars–the epic political battle over section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act that began in 2008 and still grinds on in the Senate. Two Neo-Nazis managed to convince
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Face of Integrity
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Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Steyn Makes More Trouble For Macleans
Caol Waino’s on-line sleuthery is noticed by J-Source. My favorite bit from their short article: (When contacted by J-Source for comment on the story, Maclean’s declined) This isn’t the first time Mark has brought shame to the magazine of choice of Canadian dentists–I mean it has to be, right? Its all I can
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