CEO Harper Ushers Canada Into A New Dark Age
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger Sometimes we can and should be discouraged and alarmed but inspite of the lurch to the extreme corporate right engineered by the worst prime…
2012
The Canada-China investment treaty—why?
Having read the investment treaty that Prime Minister Harper negotiated with China last September, my concerns about it have not been alleviated. (Honestly, I actually did read it!) To begin…
Rafe: Cohen Commission Report Rightly Targets Salmon Farms, Precautionary Principle
There are several things that jumped out at me with the Cohen Commission Final Report, released yesterday. The first is that my faith in Bruce Cohen as expressed on CBC’s…
Justin Trudeau & the Hollowing Out of Canada’s middle class
PEW analysis of the 3 classes in the USA Justin Trudeau has written an opinion piece for The Toronto Star dealing with the hollowing out of Canada’s middle class, and…
Obama
Unscripted. Cares. Warm. Praised by GOP Governor Christie. Firm leadership. Sincere. Words written around this pic today. First time a hurricane has propelled a President back into office, I reckon.…
Merchants of Doubt Deny Climate Change Connection to Hurricane Sandy
Many serious, thought-provoking post-mortems have ensued in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which recently tore through the heart of the financial capital of the world. The disaster will cost the…
Wakeup Call for Business Community?
From the very heart of the business community comes the magazine cover of the year. Get it, Big Oil?
Winona LaDuke media interview at PowerShift Canada 2012
Winona LaDuke, a Harvard-educated economist and activist, speaks candidly about food, energy and Indigenous sovereignty during PowerShift 2012.
To my friends at SFU – a message about the strikes
To my APSA, TSSU, and SFUFA friends at SFU: Today, CUPE 3338 is picketing Burnaby Mountain. They’re doing so because they’ve been trying to bargain with SFU for two years,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Frances Russell discusses how the Cons have corporatized Canadian politics: In fact, elevating corporate rights over the rights of citizens and their…
Did Enviro Groups Drop the Ball on Canada-China Trade Deal?
An in-depth, out-of-the-box, common sense analysis and discussion paper issued on the day of the expected FIPA ratification. Over the past month we have seen an incredible flurry of concern…
This is Just the Beginning of the Hurricane Season!
This is not the end of the hurricane season, just the beginning. The Corporate agenda has dominated worldwide for longer than the earth and all inhabitants and species can tolerate.…
Open Invitation
Nation, Alberta’s 2 biggest political parties – the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Alliance Party – are holding their Annual General Meetings this month. The PC AGM…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s unprecedented attack ads against the participants in another party’s leadership race represent an attempt to silence all political debate that isn’t pre-approved by the…
Three Things I Like About the New Alberta Liberal Party Website
A lot of things about politics is what you say, the policies you stand for, and what you vote on in the legislature. One thing that is rarely talked about,…
Nov.1: Things I hate to think about.
I am beginning this blog on the evening of Oct. 31. It all began with a note I received that I am invited (you, too. Everybody is invited) to a…
Arab Revolutions Put Iran Attack On Back Foot
There can be little doubt that the Arab revolutions have already transformed the Middle East and look set to continue and deepen that transformation. Dictators in Tunisia, Yemen and, most…
If the facts are against you argue the law
If the law is against you, pound the table and yell like hell!
The moment Barack Obama won re-election
Right here.