Dispatches from the Canada-US Trade War I believe Shannon Proudfoot must have been living in my kitchen for the past month: ...There was another one-liner making the rounds about the…
According to a news account by The Canadian Press that will be read across the Dominion, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered an emotional appeal to Albertans to remain in Canada…
Useless Chris Moise needs to go, I’m voting for Curran Stikuts in Toronto Centre municipal election by Matthew GuerinMoise clearly doesn’t care about building community, not sure why he’s in…
Recently... the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching “Superior Intelligence,” “Extreme Intelligence” and “Supreme Intelligence.” He then asked his followers to vote on “which is the best name…
I'm getting old enough now that thinking about what I want my obituary to say is not some vague hypothetical but instead is something visible on the horizon. So asking…
This is what you go through when you take Montreal's REM trains, the Réseau express métropolitain. Well, you don't magically find yourself transported through solid rock, but you do travel…
In these troubled times, when existential threats force Canada to undertake bold, new initiatives, it is sometimes difficult to fully exercise our critical thinking skills. We have a prime minister…
It is not entirely clear what being an ‘associate’ member of the European Union would mean in real terms, but I would much rather see Canada as a peer nation…
About the Gathering StormEveryone is still talking about Carney's trip to the European Parliament, but we're also starting to move on toward what will likely be a more fractious fall…
As Alberta careens toward a chaotic and divisive vote on separation seemingly drafted to discourage the United Conservative Party’s dominant separatist faction from trying to force Premier Danielle Smith out…
I am very grateful to Paul Wells for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books that came out on the same day with almost identical covers. Bob…
Old folks vote reliably Conservative, right? Well, they often do but not reliably. At least... The post No, old folks don’t always vote Conservative first appeared on Views from the…
Back in May 2025 I was delighted to have my article “Neoliberalism, crises, and solidarity: Hot Docs in focus” published with the European Journal of Media Studies – NECSUS as…
Cartoon by Theo Moudakis Remember during the April 2025 campaign, when someone at a Mark Carney event called out "Lead us Big Daddy!" and Carney laughed. Well, I've thought of…
I don’t know why private industry should object to government involvement in megaprojects. Eventually, and inevitably, taxpayers get hosed, while the world's wealthiest citizens grow even wealthier. Governments spend billions…
How much more can you afford to pay in property taxes? Well, now think about paying more. A lot more. And paying a lot more every year. That’s what is…
I have avoided posting anything thus far about Mr. Carney's economic summit and his trip to Europe in which Canada has been offered "associate membership" in the European Union. The…
David Parkins/The Globe and Mail What an invite! The EU just invited Canada to become its first Associate Member! 🇪🇺🇨🇦— Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 (@brexitbin.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at…
At the end of their exertions, even the reliable team of neoliberal apparatchiks assembled by Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite economist last June couldn’t come up with a “scenario” in which…
