Kevin Page On Canada’s ‘Grotesquely Wrong Elites’
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, about whom I have written many times on this blog, is without question one of Canada’s true heroes. The reason? He insisted upon doing…
March 2014
D’oh! Telegram shags up Muskrat Falls access story #nlpoli
According to a major Telegram story on Monday morning, the provincial government won’t be able to release some information about Muskrat Falls because of the provincial access to information laws.…
BC’s crony capitalism in action
Flipping channels Sunday, I paused to watch as Vancouver Whitecaps FC played an MSL game at the StubHub Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, CA. In a facility…
A smattering of ways this Monday St. Paddy’s may go
So how is your’s going? I hope it hasn’t gotten much worse than “bulk cereal.” Slainté! Alltop is the bulk cereal of Internet humor aggregators. Genius “infotoon” by Lunchbreath.
The only progressive in the TO Mayor race is Olivia Chow
Municipal politics are an interesting political arena. You have much more of a political ideological mix here, which you don’t necessarily have for the federal or provincial arenas. So it…
Stephen Harper, the Melting Planet, and the Collapse of the Capitalist System
He has tried to deny the reality of climate change as long as any crazed person could.Even as he torched the planet, and turned Canada into a hellish place.But the…
Revolutionary singer banned from Egyptian arts festival
Mohamed Mohsen, an Egyptian musician who became popular during the country’s 2011 uprising, was prevented from performing at the Cairo Opera House during an arts festival this past week. Known…
The Ukraine Crisis and the Absurd Con Clowns
Someone recently compared the Ukrainian crisis to the beginning of the First World War.Where new alliances, old hatreds, and excessive nationalism created an explosive mixture until one act of senseless…
The Insiders #nlpoli
The story of the 2014 provincial Conservative Party leadership contest is a study in politics on its most basic level. It is a story of those with influence and of…
Are You Also Sick of Politicians’ Childish Behaviour?
The language toward women can also turn vulgar. In an interview I conducted with the Hon. Sheila Copps, the former MP recalled being called a ‘slut.’ A female NDP MP…
DTES LAP Amendments that Cllr Carr shuts down: Watch the speech & Read the full document by Reimer
I already posted snippets of the full documents (4 separate PDFs here). This post is specifically the first pdf Amendment doc from Reimer and the speaking points Cllr Carr was
IMF Urges Redistribution To Tackle Growing Inequality
As usual, on the rare occasion that the IMF actually understands the destructive nature of austerity policies, it is too little too late. IMF Urges Redistribution To Tackle Growing Inequality.…
Sneak Peak!: AMENDMENTS to DTES LAP- DRAFT sent to my by Andrea Reimer
Councillor Andrea Reimer was kind enough to send me the DRAFT of Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan Amendments. *OFFICIAL copy posted on website by staff tomorrow. This is a sneak
Vladimir Putin’s strategic crisis in 2014 sure looks a lot like John F. Kennedy’s in 1962
President John F. Kennedy signs the proclamation of the “Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba” on Oct. 23, 1962. The order imposed the U.S. naval blockade on…
The angst of a progressive.
Over the last week we have seen someone who had tried pull in progressives into a very un-progressive party be raked over the coals. For issues of arrogance and otherwise,…
Fish farm sewage: DFO expansions cost you money
Yardstick standing upright in waste layer below a Nova Scotia fish farm – up to 32 inch mark. (Photo:Kathy and Dave Brush – Friends of Port Mouton Bay) The response…
People in the US are fighting back against restrictions on public broadband
This is inspiring! Giant telecom conglomerates in the U.S. have been spending a fortune to push for extreme laws to prevent publicly-owned broadband providers from operating. Now, citizens in this…
Saturday Photo: Paris As It Should Be
Whenever we’ve been in Paris, we’ve had mostly lovely weather with clear blue skies. This photo was taken on our last trip in May 2007 at the Jardins de Tuillieries…
PQ has fallen and it can’t get up
I get the impression that the Parti Quebecois election campaign has rapidly fallen off the rails.Last weekend we heard about nothing except Pierre Karl Peladeau’s separatist yearnings and problematic ethics,…