Ever since my University days, I have been interested in Trade Theory, and the potential benefits of reduced trade barriers. Despite the strong currents opposing `globalisation`around the world, the last…
The Republicans have stepped into it on the issue of abortion, and don’t let the Republican down the street or the Republican at your office water cooler get away with…
A new and environmentally friendly way to keep your lawn all trimmed. The following video should provide you the guidance.:)
“If it ain’t Alberta, it ain’t beef!” Alberta Beef Producers’ advertising models may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: I ; Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson and Premier Alison Redford.…
Andrew Cohen reflects in the Ottawa Citizen upon the Trudeau brand, and its impact on Justin Trudeau, in a good summary of what Pierre Trudeau means to Canadians: Andrew Cohen…
Harper’s ball on the stick award I guess beggars can’t be choosers? “But still. Honorary degree-accepting has become something of a syndrome. Harper will win no Nobel, Kenney’s more bully…
On the 30th anniversary of the publication of her groundbreaking novel “The Color Purple,” American author, poet and activist Alice Walker sat down with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, and…
On Saturday, Daryl Katz paid for full-page ads in the Edmonton newspapers to apologize for his handling of the arena controversy. My sources deep within the Katz Group (a pharmacist…
Sad morning in Canadian country/folk music as word spreads that Raylene Rankin of The Rankin Family has died of cancer at 52 . She passed away in hospital in Halifax.…
People wait at the door of the Iranian embassy in Ottawa to collect passports, Friday September 7, 2012. Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and is expelling all remaining…
The abortion debate, such as it is, is dominated by the extremes. While polling indicates a majority of Canadians hold a nuanced view, hard liners believe in either a total…
My dad collected stamps for a large part of his life – from boyhood until some time in the late 1980s. And it seems he inherited his father’s stamp collection.…
Extracts from a Speech of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada at the the Economic Club of Canada on September 25, 2012 (my bold) According to any international democracy index…
It’s the largest recall of beef in Canadian history and it continues to grow. Fortunately there have been no reports of additional illness connected to beef from XL Foods but…
The last time the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the B.C. Lions, the storyline involved Saskatchewan getting just enough breaks to overcome a seeming gap in talent. But last night, the ‘Riders…
This is a select list of posts I’ve made related to parenting, not including book reviews. Critical Navigation of Mainstream Schools, Part 2, July 2010 Critical Navigation of Mainstream Schools,…
The following is a select list of posts on electoral politics, not including book reviews. To Supporters of “Progressive” Parties: You Need Movements, September 2011 Horizons of Our Political Imaginations,…
The following is a select list of posts related to social movements, not counting book reviews. What’s Different About Ontario? Thinking About Specificity in Student Organizing, Setpember 2012 Journalism and…
From today’s second reading: “Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you.” So: can a conservative read James 5:1-6 and actually remain one? As…
In recent days I’ve done what I can to show readers how horrendously the national media is coping with the news that one of its own, accomplished Globe & Mail…
