Skinner and the useless provincial lobby law #nlpoli
Shawn Skinner used to be a provincial cabinet minister. Now he works for a construction company trying to get a major contract at Muskrat Falls. Skinner is the senior director…
September 2013
How the Quebec Charter of Values Ruined My Perfect Day
It was a wonderfully warm sunny day in Toronto today. A great day off to relax and pretend that summer is still here.I went to the beach, I spotted my…
CFAX 1070 – Wed Sep 11, 1 pm
I’ll be talking with Ian Jessop about current affairs in British Columbia. Join us live or listen to the session by podcast HERE.
Bus-Taker’s Guide To The Galaxy
I helped invent and host a city bus tour to a movie theatre from the Riddell Centre on Tuesday evening. It went very well, even though our bus was 20…
70-plus AHS VPs over the side: Alberta doesn’t reinvent the health care system – sort of…
Another visually riveting moment in the history of Alberta Health Services – from left to right, CEO Chris Eagle, Health Minister Fred Horne and just-appointed Deputy Health Minister Janet Davidson…
Climate Denial Playbook: Marc Morano’s History of Bullying Scientists
If you’ve even heard of Marc Morano, you probably watched him angrily attacking a climate scientist, journalist or Al Gore on Fox News or on his blog Climate Depot, a…
Hot Nasties to reunite
In Calgary in January. Nasty Bob, we need you! Anyone want to help make this happen? These guys, by the way, deserve all the credit for making the Hot Nasties…
Missing persons in Canada
There are about 7,000 missing people in Canada at any given time. Of those perhaps a sixth of the adults have mental or drug issues — the rest are missing…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Covered cats.
Preparing for the unlikely
Share this: A version of this post appeared as a signed editorial in The Canadian Jewish News on Sept. 12. As a new Jewish year begins, renewed U.S.-led peace talks…
Rafe: Union bosses fall for Clark’s LNG pipe dream
BC Premier Christy Clark and BC Fed President Jim Sinclair (photos: CP, Glen Baglo/PNG) When I read that BC Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair and Tom Sigurdson, head of…
In Canada, minority government is a theatre of the absurd
Elections can be burdensome on the public. Kathleen Wynne (Liberal): “Just received some good polling numbers. Time to threaten an election.” They cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. They…
Neoliberalism’s Green Foil, Part 1: the Climate Crisis and the Old Left
My oldest daughter, Veronica, has started to speak in ways that I don’t always understand. Having turned 3 years of age this past summer, I’ve noticed that she has picked…
Margaret Wente’s Latest Is A Revolting Piece Of Crap
Media Culpa’s take-down is just what it deserves. That is all.
Not my secularism
Critics of religion (such as myself) are sometimes not precise enough in our criticisms. We will sometimes lash out that the “moderate Muslims” don’t condemn fundamentalists enough or complain that…
The Tyee: CRTC to Big Telecom: Show us the extent of how you profit from roaming fees
Is the CRTC getting tired with how Big Telecom continues to price-gouge Canadians whenever they can? It certainly looks like it. If you haven’t already, speak out against Big Telecom’s…
Neil Young: ‘Fort McMurray is a wasteland’
Singer comes out swinging against Keystone Pipeline. OTTAWA – Neil Young is singing a new tune, claiming he’s seen the pipeline and the damage done. The Canadian music legend has…
The PQ’s "Charter of Quebec Values"
Lately, there has been much of an uproar made over the PQ’s “Charter of Quebec Values” in the news. Frankly, the entire thing strikes me as a ridiculous bit of…