National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month in Canada. I don’t know if this gets widespread acknowledgement much less appreciation among the public and in the schools, but it should. Poetry is…
April 2015
Podcast: The roots of the Greece crisis in European integration and what this means for the future
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/podcast150402-europe.mp3 As the simmering crisis between Greece and the institutions formerly known as the Troika heats up again, it’s a good time to look once more at the roots of…
Something From the Heart – National Caregiver Day, 2015
I know that I promised my next blog post would be about private and national care insurance plans, but to be honest, that was before I remembered that National Caregiver…
Upper Crust Welfare Bums
http://www.pilgrimreaderbooks.com/ Stephen Harper claims that there are many government programs we can no longer afford. And, he says, he certainly will not create any new ones. But that is exactly…
The Incredibly Wonderful and Amazing Humbling of Jason Kenney
For years Jason Kenney has been considered the brightest star in the Con constellation, after his depraved leader Stephen Harper.The hardest working minister, the Pope of the Con's religious base,…
No one said fares should be fair
Tickets for once a week travel on the 57-year-old 49-car ferry North Island Princess, between Powell River and Texada Island, for a car, driver and passenger, cost $1,634.49 a year,…
Ontario’s brave new cap and trade program
The Globe and Mail just broke the story on what will likely be the defining component of Kathleen Wynne’s legacy: The Ontario Liberals are introducing a big cap and trade…
Ontario’s brave new cap and trade program
The Globe and Mail just broke the story on what will likely be the defining component of Kathleen Wynne's legacy: The Ontario Liberals are introducing a big cap and trade…
Ontario’s brave new cap and trade program
The Globe and Mail just broke the story on what will likely be the defining component of Kathleen Wynne’s legacy: The Ontario Liberals are introducing a big cap and trade…
Thank Goodness I’m Not a Harper Conservative
Gawd. What a week. I'm working like a dog, all I want to do is sleep, Spring STILL hasn't arrived !!#@!!And of course, because it's still Harperland, the stench of…
Patrick Brown urges ‘greater market access’ for Postmedia…er…
On all levels, this is wrong. The CEO of a major news media organization, like Paul Godfrey, who runs Postmedia Network Inc. which includes the National Post, should not be…
Dieting cults and the fads of food.
I was thinking about making dinner this evening and I am vexxed as to what to make? I mean, ask around and I am totally sure that someone will have…
Where Have All the Forests Gone?
The biggest source of lost forests is in Russia and Canada. It’s not forest lost to deforestation, logging or clearing land for agriculture, but boreal forest consumed by wildfires. A…
We Simply Can’t Stay Here Any Longer
Why do we find it so hard to recognize the decay that surrounds us? Just about everybody agrees we’re going in the wrong direction – democratically, economically, environmentally, socially even…
April 2: A must-see in today’s Times and Transcript….
…right in the middle of page A1. It’s a photo of Roland Gaudet of the Moncton Model Railroad Society. Not only does he do impressive modelling but, just looking at…
Paul Godfrey’s endorsement of Patrick Brown for PC leader of Ontario
Earlier today, Paul Godfrey, the President and CEO of Postmedia Network Inc., attended at the Ontario legislature where he stood next to Patrick Brown, candidate for the leadership of the…