New column day
Here, on Justin Trudeau’s remarkable demand that Stephen Harper set up a federal shun registry to make life easier for Trudeau politically. For further reading…– Trudeau’s Question Period interview is…
September 2014
Will Gordon Dirks become the latest inter-provincial political jumper?
TweetThe controversial appointment of unelected Gordon Dirks as Education minister caught many Albertans by surprised this week. As the former chairman of the Calgary Board of Education, he is well-known…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 18, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 18, 2014: Legal observers worry future judicial appointments will be done in secret Lawyers and Pricing…
Former health services chief says privatization among reasons Alberta health costs so high
The former head of Alberta Health Services says there are several reasons why Alberta consistently has the highest health costs and worst outcomes in Canada: provincial wealth, politics and privatization.…
Hailing the Hair’s homecoming.
They were all in Ottawa for the opening of parliament. They were the Conservative Commons and Senate parliamentarians, the Prime Minister’s and ministerial staffs, MPs’ and Senators’ staffs, local Conservative…
Harper’s War On The CCPA
http://deslibris.ca The Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives is in Mr. Harper’s sites. Linda McQuaig writes: Of course, we’re all familiar now with how Stephen Harper
Workers at Fracked Wells Exposed to Benzene, CDC Warns Amid Mounting Evidence of Shale Jobs’ Dangers
For years, the oil and gas industry has worked to convince Americans that the rush to drill shale wells across the country will not only provide large corporations with lavish…
Battleground: “At the end of the day, Rob Ford is also a human being”
…and some discussion of Brian Gallant’s “re-do” mess. Will John Tory continue to make jokes, now, about the Ford being “joined at the hip”? I wouldn’t be surprised.
No Surprise Here- An Update
Tuesday’s post discussed the apparent disappearance of a committee made up of representatives from Environment Canada, the Alberta government and oil and gas companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
Ukraine and Neo-Nazis
Photo by Yury Kirnichny (AFP – Getty Images) Ever since serious protest broke out in Ukraine in February the Western mainstream media, particularly in the United States, has seriously downplayed…
The Scottish Independence Campaign and the Velvet Revolution
And so it ended, with wild rallies all over the country. After two long years Scotland's amazing referendum campaign is finally over. And as I write these lines, Scots are…
No-brainer #nlpoli
Perhaps it is just Danny Williams’ ingratitude that pisses people off. The multi-millionaire hockey team owner just got a massive subsidy from the taxpayers of St. John’s so that he…
Council of Canadians invite Harper to get on the climate bus
The Council of Canadians and Ottawa residents plan to swing by 24 Sussex to pick up PM Stephen Harper en route to NYC Climate March. The post Council of Canadians…
Dear Scotland: Do whatever you think is best … but remember, the Globe and Mail never has your interests at heart
A typical Western Canadian scene: snapped in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2014. The Scotch, as we used to say when I was growing up in B.C., pretty much built Western Canada,…
Washington’s war to ‘destroy’ ISIL: what is ISIL and who is the real security threat?
In recent weeks Western media has been sounding the alarm over the speedy territorial gains made by the Islamic State – also known as ISIL and ISIS – with warnings…
Ukraine and Neo-Nazis
Ever since serious protest broke out in Ukraine in February the Western mainstream media, particularly in the United States, has seriously downplayed the fact that the usual suspects – the…
September 2014 Bits and Bites: Ontartio Civic Elections Edition
On September 15 we wrote about Paulie's latest quixotic effort to achieve electoral office and noted that he has received an endorsement from the august leader of one of the…
Burnaby loses bid for injunction against Kinder Morgan
Kinder MOrgan contractors carrying out geotechnical survey work in Burnaby (Darryl Dyck / CP) Read this Sept. 17 Canadian Press story by Dene Moore on the lastest chapter in the…
Proposed BC Societies Act could invite litigation against non-profits
Thursday, September 18, 2014 We believe that BC’s incorporated societies – community development organizations, church groups, secular groups, community organizations, hunting groups, and, yes, environmental organizations such as West Coast…