Climate justice and the political moment in BC
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational…
2013
Greenwashing the Tar Sands, Part 2: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Last week, I wrote a short history of the greenwashing campaign being waged by tar sands promoters, including (and especially) the Canadian and Alberta governments. It’s clear that as the…
Arrested and Charged for Uploading Photo of Anti-Cop Graffiti
Jennifer Pawluck, a 20 year old woman from Montreal, was taken into police custody yesterday and questioned after she posted a photo of a graffiti mural on her Instagram. The…
can money buy happiness? yes. no. sometimes. maybe.
My friend Impudent Strumpet writes a series of posts that dispute the oft-repeated notion “money can’t buy happiness”. (Here’s an example.) I find this idea very thought-provoking. I’ve definitely subscribed…
The NDP Constitution: Capitalism is NOT "at Odds" with Socialism
This sort of thing, I cannot stand. The Globe argues the NDP should remove the clauses from the preamble of their constitution stating the basic tenets of socialism: goods and…
Mtl Groups Issue Public Declaration Against Police Repression
Solidarity against police repression in Montreal: We will not submit to the municipal by-law P-6 With this public declaration, we assert our opposition to by-law P-6: we will continue to…
Internalizing the Externalities of Fossil Fuels
It’s time to internalize the externalities of the fossil fuel industry. For far too long, the extremely high price we all pay in the pollution of our “commons” – air,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Frances Russell weighs in on the Cons’ continued contempt for democracy: The Conservatives under Stephen Harper are running an effective dictatorship. They believe…
First Nations, Environmentalists oppose HudBay Minerals’ Reed Lake Mine
April 4, 2013, Winnipeg: Opponents of the Reed Lake Mine in northern Manitoba confront HudBay Mineral’s officials. Photo: Paul S. Graham Opponents of Hudbay Mineral’s planned copper mine at Reed…
April 5: Wow!!!
There is a news story in today’s TandT that is worth reading. There is an opinion column that is well worth reading. Most of the paper is, as usual, crap.…
Health Canada tells us to take a hike as Russia moves to prohibit paid blood donations
Heavens – even Russia is more sensible than Canada when it comes to paid blood donations. As Health Canada takes a pause and organizes a roundtable on the issue in…
Billions In Tax Cuts To Canada’s Corporate Sector Has Resulted In 54,000 Job Losses This Month ..
A pillar of Conservative and Right wing ideology is the belief that ‘tax cuts to the corporate sector will create jobs as these savings are re-invested in the economy.” #FAIL!!Stephen…
On adaptation
Murray Mandryk’s Wednesday column serves as a downright painful example of Monday morning quarterbacking – cherry-picking examples from seven decades of Saskatchewan governments to criticize “rash decisions” without recognizing the…
Red cat
Once again, Popsicolor savages another image. Then into InkPad for some simple vectors. I suspect InkPad is capable of much more sophisticated work. Filed under: art Tagged: calico, Cat, standing
Toronto Star Op-Ed: Muzzled Scientists, Open Government and the Limits of Rules
I’ve a piece in today’s Toronto Star ”Rules are no substitute for cultivating a culture of open government“ about the Information Commissioners decision to investigate the muzzling of Canadian scientists.…
Trio of Shame III: If I Don’t Know about It, It Doesn’t Exist
I kept the way the Harper government is systematically undercutting any independent effort to find out what is happening in the environement to the last item of this trio. Last…
Who is Funding the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation?
I think it’s time to ask who is funding the self-styled Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation, and what they are funding them to do. A little transparency here would go a long…
The Scourge of Wealth
I often think of the famous line from the New Testament in which Jesus says “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than…
ANALYSIS: The Slow Decline of The Liberal Party of Canada
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Party of Canada, once routinely referred to as Canada’s “Natural Governing Party” have been in precipitous decline for nearly a…
Kremlinology 43: We Love the Leader! #nlpoli
Twice last week, provincial Conservative politicians offered unprompted endorsements of Kathy Dunderdale’s leadership. Natural resources minister Tom Marshall praised her as a compassionate Iron Lady who had his full support. …