Pity the Americans—running an empire ain’t easy
Running an empire is tough. There are always tribesmen out on the fringes who fail to appreciate that you are bringing them civilization. In their lack of gratitude, they act…
2014
Ex-TD Bank Comptroller: Site C Dam too costly, unnecessary, rushed
Site C Dam will unnecessarily cost taxpayers billions, says one financial expert The following is a transcript of Rob Botterell’s recent speech to the BC Select Committee on Finance and…
Canoe.ca All In French?
It is (though you can ask for a translation)! It defaults to “http://fr.canoe.ca/”;” http://eng.canoe.ca/” dead ends. Has Quebecor abandoned English Canada after the sale of thei5r English properties?
EU dropping “dirty” label for Alberta bitumen
Alberta bitumen (Source: Suncor) Read this October 7 Reuters story on the EU’s decision to abandon its labelling of Canadian bitumen as a more polluting oil source – after years…
Guest blog from Jesse Brown: Support CANADALAND, an indie podcast about the Canadian media
Yesterday, the Canadian media got a whole lot smaller and a tiny bit bigger. The massive PostMedia newspaper chain gobbled up the massive SUN newspaper chain, further concentrating and consolidating…
An annoyed judge may disqualify themselves
Cabana v. Newfoundland and Labrador, 2014 NLCA 34 : The manner in which a judge conducts a hearing may result in a reasonable apprehension of bias disqualifying the judge from…
While Canada’s Free Press Gets Beheaded…
When one corporation owns most of the English language newspapers in Canada, the free press is essentially dead, not that it’s been much of anything but comatose for a while.…
Tsilhqot’in Ruling Emboldens Ktunaxa in Battle Against Jumbo Glacier Resort
Disappointment has turned to optimism for members of the Ktunaxa Nation, who are hoping that, over the summer, B.C.’s legal pendulum swung in favour of First Nations. In April, the…
‘Wild West’ Approach to Regulation in Bakken Shale Means Bomb Trains Continue to Roll
Prepare yourself for a rare moment of honesty from the oil industry. It happened on Sept. 23 at a hearing of the North Dakota Industrial Commission during a discussion on…
Oct. 7: Canadian values and prinicples – hypocrisy is number one.
It’s Monday. I’ve been watching Harper and his crowd preaching to the House of Commons on TV. It reminded me of graduate school days. One of my teachers was Arthur…
About That Man Behind The Curtain
While some of the electorate gets all primed to receive the bauble of tax breaks next year, responding as intended to the carefully orchestrated neo-liberal siren call to worry only…
Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently
John Scull By John Scull A group calling themselves the Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently. I looked at their website. Paraphrasing Oscal Wilde, they…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Analysis And Comment 2014-10-07 12:42:00
MARIA GIMBUTAS WAS RIGHT Relative gender equality’ revealed at Çatalhöyük“There was no leader, government or administrative building; men and women were equal,” “Thanks to modern scientific techniques, we have seen…
thank you, thomas mulcair and the new democrats: thank you for saying no to war
Today I feel so much better about living in Canada. Once again, we have a political party that says no to war. A political party that says no to letting…
The Last Thing an F-35 Driver Will Ever Want to See
It’s no secret where the F-35 is intended to operate – in the highly-defended airspace of just two countries, China and Russia. The F-35 and its big brother the F-22…
The Lethal Cult of Growthism
Even though the political spectrum has been compressed into the hardtack of neoliberalism there remain at least notional differences between left, centre and right in our national body politic. Yet…
New Maps Reveal B.C. Has Enough Geothermal Potential to Power Entire Province
At a time when B.C.’s politicians are considering flooding the Peace Valley for the Site C hydroelectric dam, a new project by the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association says the province…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Postmedia could soon own almost every English newspaper in Canada. What could possibly go wrong? – The Tyee Quebecor Selling Media Assets to Fund Wireless…
GETTING YOUR ARTICLES PUBLISHED
A guest blog post from Louis-Philippe Rochon: GETTING YOUR ARTICLES PUBLISHED: JOURNAL EDITORS OFFER SOME ADVICE This short note is aimed at graduate students and faculty members alike who are…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Analysis And Comment 2014-10-07 11:09:00
THE CURRENT CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM; KURDISTAN A Letter I have sent to Her Majesties Loyal Opposition in regards to the Parliamentary Debate…