Paris Climate Talks to Fossil Fuel Investors: ‘Get Out Now’
The end of the fossil fuel era is being signalled loud and clear here at the Paris climate conference as ministers enter the final hours of negotiations. It's crunch time…
December 2015
6 Cities Where Highway Removal Made the City Better
Car culture has ruined cities with never ending traffic problems and made the streetscape untenable for modern living. Smog from cars kills too many people every year. Yet, we still…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Dani Rodrik discusses the evolution of work, and notes that future development and sharing of wealth may need to follow a different model…
On managing the system
Following up on this post, there doesn't seem to be much prospect of the Cons making any effort to pursue proportional representation as an alternative to a ranked ballot if…
Moved by myself…
After watching Collingwood council meetings on Rogers again, I felt I should re-post a link to a piece I first wrote several years ago, then again in 2014, then re-wrote…
Canada Intervenes To Keep Human and Indigenous Rights in Climate Treaty During Final Hours of Paris Negotiations
On Wednesday a group of international ministers and delegations worked through the night refining a fresh draft of the text that will form the world’s first global climate treaty. Major…
New column day
Here, on how the Libs' first major budgetary choice has been to continue the Cons' dangerous pattern of chipping away at the federal government's fiscal capacity.For further reading...- Scott Clark…
Inequality and Women’s Health
http://www.mirror.co.uk/A number of studies have documented how income inequality is...
The Day Rona Ambrose Stared Into The Abyss
It was only Rona Ambrose's third Question Period as Leader of the Opposition. And there she was yesterday, trying to look like she's really in control of her shattered party,…
Ontario Liberals: Lazy or Stupid?
You would think that the Ontario government would at least look at the results of the last provincial and federal elections before accepting the federal electoral district redistribution in the…
Lawson Stands By Academic William Happer Embroiled in Latest Oil Funded Denial Scandal
Lord Lawson has taken the extraordinary decision to stand by a “distinguished” academic advisor to his charity who has become embroiled in a new scandal about climate denier groups being…
Friends in high places: changing the HST in a hurry #nlpoli
According to a statement from the federal finance department on Wednesday, “the federal government will take any necessary steps to ensure that the rate increase does not come into effect…
Brian Mulroney receives South Africa’s highest award
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney just received the Supreme Companion of Oliver Reginald Tambo, South Africa’s highest award to a foreign national. Other recipients of the honour include Dr. Martin…
why i write for rights and how you can too #write4rights
Tomorrow, December 10, is Human Rights Day. The date commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, the first document of its kind.Every year…
US Press Pool Can’t Figure Trump Out
Most Canadians are very familiar with “shock” politicians. We had one of our own, and Americans need only to look at former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to understand the political…
Dec. 9: This will probably be a short blog because …..
....I'm mad as hell.I just spent hours on the blog, and was about to post it when it disappeared. I had been saving it regularly as I wrote - but…
Mike Duffy and the Final Agony of Stephen Harper
Oh dear, I see that the Mike Duffy trial just keeps on getting messier for the Cons.Yesterday Ol' Duff claimed that Stephen Harper couldn't be trusted.Now he's going after the…
Fact–Water Runs Downhill- The SIA Contaminated Site Is Threatening Shawnigan Creek and Lake
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Darth Trump and the Death Star Nightmare (The Video)
In my last post I wrote about Donald Trump and the politics of hate. And I pointed out that Stephen Harper was our mini Trump. Who helped set our country…