"Canada has an American president …"
For the occasion of Canada Day, CBC News, aided by the International Council for Canadian Studies, surveyed 7,000 or so academics outside Canada who teach courses about our country. They…
July 2015
Harperman- It’s Time For You To Go!
Council of Canadians Ready to Heave Steve BY SHARON JACKSON, ON JUNE 30TH, 2015 They have a HEAVE STEVE banner and are planning to meet under the City of Duncan…
Election 2015: Incredibly, 28% of Harper’s Conservative MPs are not running
The numberof non-runners is staggering: Stephen Harper is losing incumbent lawmakers at one of the highest rates in decades, and history suggests that weighs heavily on the Canadian Prime Minister’s…
Worth considering
Shorter National Post: Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP are keeping their campaign promises. For some reason, we think this should be a warning rather than a beacon of hope…
Stephen Harper and the Harper Police
Well as you know, Stephen Harper has turned the RCMP into the Harper Police. And sadly the Musical Ride isn't what it once was. Is there no place now where…
Can the IMF turn over a new leaf and challenge the 1%?
...and will we follow Dutch court &challenge Harper on climate change?Two remarkable developments during the past week that could have a significant impact in many countries are worth a lot…
Can the IMF turn over a new leaf and challenge the 1%?
…and will we follow Dutch court & challenge Harper on climate change? Two remarkable developments during the past week that could have a significant impact in many countries have been…
The Pope, the Prime Minister and Naomi Klein
Pope Francis has made it very clear that he is profoundly concerned about what we are doing to life on our planet. He has particularly made it clear to Canadians.…
It’s Official: Collingwood is Closed for Business
As I predicted, Collingwood Council officially closed the town to business, growth and development, last Monday night. And just for good measure, council sprinkled the ground with the salt of…
Happy Canada Day: Alberta has an extra billion, which was good luck for the NDP
PHOTOS: Finance Minister Joe Ceci at yesterday’s news conference, in a government of Alberta photo, imparting the happy news that former premier Jim Prentice’s Tories left $1.1 billion lying around…
Wild fantasies and planned deceit
It is now clear that LNG claims made by Liberals before the 2013 BC election were wild fantasies and carefully planned deceit. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — an…
July 1: Starting all over…
Page A1 has a story “New Canadians ready to celebrate first Canada Day.” Typically, the story isn’t about new Canadians. It’s about how wonderful Moncton has been to them. In…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Star’s editorial board writes that five years after police committed serious human rights violations at Toronto’s G20 summit, nobody seems to have…
On half measures
Having written this column a couple of weeks back on electoral financing in Saskatchewan, I’ll take a moment to address this letter to the editor in response from R. Curtis…
Happy Canada day
I wish you Happy Canada Day. I hope better days are ahead for Canada. In the meantime it should not interfere with our celebrating the Canada Day.We are one of…
Stephen Harper: Not the best person to be making the rules!
This is just a little video I created this week to stick it to our misguided Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose man-boy instincts and poor judgment have been degrading our…
BC-bound
It’s WestJet, however, so the chances of actually getting there are somewhere between slim and none. Happy Canada Day anyway, eh?
Greece & The Euro: Some words of wisdom from a Swiss Ambassador
Dr Daniel Woker In an article headed Greece and the Nattering Nabobs of the Anglosphere in Real Clear World, Dr. Daniel Woker has some timely advice to the chattering classes:…