Death and Taxes. How Did We Get it So Wrong?
The old adage that nothing is certain but death and taxes, was first used by author Daniel Defoe, but in a different context. In his The Political History of the…
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Politics and the Fishery #nlpoli
For those who missed it, here’s the podcast from the Fisheries Broadcast for May 22, complete with your humble e-scribbler talking about politics and the fishery. -srbp-
Politics and the Fishery #nlpoli
For those who missed it, here’s the podcast from the Fisheries Broadcast for May 22, complete with your humble e-scribbler talking about politics and the fishery. -srbp-
Albertans are Ready for Stronger Emissions Regulations. Will They Get Them?
A new Ipsos Reid poll released today shows 76 per cent of Albertans are in favour of stronger greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulations for industrial facilities. The federal government has…
Austerity Doesn’t Work, Even Though Quebec Liberals Give It a New Name
Quebec’s Premier Philippe Couillard has introduced a new era of “fiscal rigor,” the new code word for austerity. His inaugaral address when the legislative session opened this week was full…
The ABCs of the teachers’ fight
Please take a look at my overview and commentary on rankandfile.ca of the current strike in BC: The ABCs of the BC teachers’ fight
The Harper Enemies List: A Prominent Member
Yesterday I wrote about a fund-raising plea that the Harper machine has sent out to its true believers with deep pockets; the missive stressed the need for big dollars to…
Terrorism in Venezuela and its accomplices
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter HERE. This piece was originally published in The Bullett. The private media and important actors both at home and abroad including Washington have downplayed, and…
Anti-Austerity Movements and the European Union | The Bullet No. 987
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/987.php Filed under: Uncategorized
Summer Reading Sale!
If you prefer your books in dead tree format, do I have a deal for you. Three of my books are available for 25% off! Get all the deets here.…
I believe in better parks and recreation for Vancouver.
It is strange to think that the ideas I was fighting for in 1999 are still the issues 15 years later. Below is from the original BetterParks site that I…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, May 23, 2014
Your news links for today: Ottawa’s spying on Canadians has no place in free society – Toronto Star Ottawa Is Spying On Us Without Warrants And It’s Time To Get…
Labourers’ union smart approach: being proactive
This is interesting. When the CBC and the Star were coming after LIUNA (mainly for the offence of Working While Italian), the union took a proactive approach – and contacted…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Linda McQuaig on Hudak’s imaginary jobs and Canadian inequality
Today, I’m happy to present another extended interview and my guest is Linda McQuaig. Linda is a National Newspaper Award-winning journalist and commentator who has worked for the Globe and…
Hey, Public Safety and RCMP: do I scare you?
Apparently: “Bureaucrats, for example, bumped around a copy of a head-scratching open letter posted by Sun columnist Warren Kinsella on his blog. In it, he calls on Anonymous to get…
The Ontario NDP has a platform?
And here we thought the New Democrats were going to wing it through this election without a platform. They fooled us again! Here we are with three weeks more to…
John Tory: in the pocket of the handgun lobby
Yesterday’s post about John Tory’s non-position on several important issues got heads shaking about Mr. Dithers again. But it was his abject refusal to take a position on handguns that…
Prognosis: Grim
Kevin Farmer, the lead letter-writer in today’s Star, captures nicely, I think, the irrational nature of humanity that does not bode well for our collective future: Re: Antarctic melt greatest…