Dear Mr. Horgan, I listened this morning while you laid out the province’s next actions to take care of renters, workers, mortgage holders, etc. Thank you. Many of us are relying on that help. You Read more…
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Politics and its Discontents: A Larger Perspective
In these uncertain times, we are all seized by concerns about Corvid-19. The prospect of death invariably focuses the mind, especially in the short-term. Facilitated by fossil-fuel propaganda and an often uncritical media, it is unfortunately easy to lose sight of the bigger picture, one that we have been warned
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Call off the RCMP’s invasion of unceded indigenous Wet’suet’en lands.
Dorothy Field is an artist, writer, poet and world traveler. She has attended the Action Camp of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Dorothy brings us clarity through her writing and story telling skills. Her insights and Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: UNDRIP Act Gives Horgan an Option in Wet’suwet’en Standoff. He Should Use It
Why we should no longer accept inaction on Indigenous rights from governments. Originally published by the Tyee. John Price is professor emeritus of history at the University of Victoria. He is the author of Orienting Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Conflicts-The Common Ground With the Cowichan Citizen and NC Mayor Al Siebring
The (Black Press) Cowichan Citizen has just registered a new low by endorsing Mayor Siebring’s specious effort to overturn the majority 5-2 vote of North Cowichan Council to reject the Victoria Car Dealers goal of Read more…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Christopher Ingraham reports on the reality that extremely wealthy Americans are now paying lower systemic tax rates than workers. And Andrea Germanos writes that Michael Sayman is among the plutocrats calling for his own class to pay its fair share. – Heather Mallick
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Vrishti Beniwal writes about Abhijit Banerjee’s call to put concentrated wealth to better social use by taxing it. – Yutaka Dirks interviews Linda McQuaig about the corporate takeover of far more public wealth than is normally recognized. And Matt Coughlin discusses how
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeff Stein reports on Bernie Sanders’ plans to transfer power from capital to people. And PressProgress highlights the Saskatchewan Party’s continued reliance on corporate funding from outside the province. – Ron Walter recognizes that Scott Moe’s carbon tax posturing is purely a
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: CAPP Meet Mr Kenney
Recently Mr Kenney told municipal leaders in Cochrane that in addition to multi-billion dollar deficits and rising debt levels Alberta was drowning in red tape. To illustrate his point Kenney said it takes a week to approve a conventional oil well in Texas but a year or more to approve
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Here, on the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s unapologetic role in trying to minimize the harms of residential schools – to to mention otherwise undermining any attempt at truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. For further reading…– Tammy Robert’s post exposing the recent radio ad is here, with CBC following
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Scott Sinclair writes that there’s no reason for any party to NAFTA to see itself as being stuck with the existing agreement (or worse), while also mentioning a few ways to substantially improve the rules governing North American trade: Canada should call Trump’s
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