Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rochelle Baker interviews David Suzuki about the lessons from the coronavirus pandemic which we should apply equally to the threat of a climate breakdown. And Mike Layton writes that we need a Green New Deal as our recovery program once the pause on
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Warren Kinsella: Making noise
This is interesting. Spotted online last night. The notion that New Democrat councillors in Toronto want to shut down a lot of economic activity – and quite a bit of human activity – isn’t a surprise. But I’m betting a lot of folks – musicians, workers, just plain residents –
Continue readingAlberta Politics: A generation of impulsive right-wing politicians ruins Preston Manning’s dream of ‘green capitalism’ – what’s next?
Let’s start with a pop quiz. Who said this? “One of the biggest issues will be the question of how much of current revenue from non-renewable resources should be saved and how those savings should be invested … so that, if the day ever comes that oil and gas isn’t
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Mitrovica gives due credit to Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott for showing there’s some honour to be found in Canadian politics – though the Libs’ subsequent loyalty tests have made it all too clear how limited that is. And Alan Freeman warns
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Pierre Beaulne discusses the inequality-related problems and solutions brought into the spotlight by Thomas Piketty, and notes that they can’t simply be swept under the rug: When all is said and done, the capitalist globalization has boosted economic growth for a certain time,
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Toronto Sex Assault Rally: Mike Layton Calls On Men To Eliminate Violence Against Women
Addressing Monday’s rally against recent sex assaults in Toronto, city councillor, Mike Layton, calls on all men to eliminate violence against women. RELATED: To avoid sex assault, don’t dress “like a whore”: Krista Ford RCMP’s Misogynistic Response to Galliford Sexual Harassment Claim Hundreds of Canadian women join RCMP harassment lawsuit
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: THE BIG SHOW
YAH I KNOW I STARTED LIVE BLOGGING JUST AS ITS ALL OVER. SORRY BUSY EVENING, WHAT WITH THE BOY COMING HOME AND BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. WATCHING SUNTV FOR THE TRASH FACTOR. WILL UPDATE IN BETWEEN BREAKES COOKING SUPPER 9:04 TIM HUDAK’S OPPOSITE OF VICTORY SPEECH. LONGER THAN PETER MACKAY’S
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