Harvesting Fear of Foreigners: A Winning Conservative Tactic… in 1911
Autumn is upon us. Election Day is fast approaching. Canadians are asked to weigh the most important issues of the day when choosing their Prime Minister. Apparently, it’s a race…
2015
The rise and fall (?) of the BCTF
Just over one year ago, BC teachers returned to class from what was the longest teacher strike in Canadian history. Teachers, upset with over a decade of deteriorating funding and…
The rise and fall (?) of the BCTF
Just over one year ago, BC teachers returned to class from what was the longest teacher strike in Canadian history. Teachers, upset with over a decade of deteriorating funding and…
The rise and fall (?) of the BCTF
Just over one year ago, BC teachers returned to class from what was the longest teacher strike in Canadian history. Teachers, upset with over a decade of deteriorating funding and…
The rise and fall (?) of the BCTF
Just over one year ago, BC teachers returned to class from what was the longest teacher strike in Canadian history. Teachers, upset with over a decade of deteriorating funding and…
Lauren Bialystok: Empty Schools Campaign denies children essential education
Opponents of Ontario’s sex education curriculum are broadcasting misrepresentations and bigotry “under the guise of parental rights”, argues Lauren Bialystok, an Assistant Professor of Ethics and Education at the University…
Sick of hearing about niqabs?
Me too, but I feel I have to put my oar in the water on this issue. I’ll admit my prejudice right up front. I do not like either the…
Sick of hearing about niqabs?
Me too, but I feel I have to put my oar in the water on this issue. I’ll admit my prejudice right up front. I do not like either the…
Sick of hearing about niqabs?
Me too, but I feel I have to put my oar in the water on this issue. I’ll admit my prejudice right up front. I do not like either the…
Sick of hearing about niqabs?
Me too, but I feel I have to put my oar in the water on this issue. I’ll admit my prejudice right up front. I do not like either the…
To summarize…
…the Cons’ campaign is effectively down to brainstorming new ways to gratuitously attack women who wear niqabs, regardless of the excuse used to do so or even the non-existence of…
Alaskans and British Columbians Want More Environmental Protection from Mining: New Poll
British Columbians share the concerns of Alaskans about risks to the environment from mining operations and most want to see tougher mining laws and regulations in B.C., according to two…
Dems vow to keep net neutrality riders out of funding bill
It looks like our pressure is working! A week ago, Big Telecom tried (and failed) to destroy the open web by sneaking new slow lane powers into a bill that…
An Answer To Our Prayers
That’s right. I always knew in my heart that she would not forsake us in our hour of greatest need. Marg is back, offering a simple but solid solution to…
Conservative Candidate, Mel Arnold, Hit Hard After Questioning Man-made Climate Change on CBC
Mel Arnold, a federal Conservative candidate from the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding in B.C., told the CBC he remains “unconvinced” by climate science and that the role of human activity in…
Strategic voting in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas: crowdfunding polls
Strategic voting in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas A couple days ago, I discussed the prospects for strategic voting in the riding of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, and advising waiting until more is known. The…
Strategic voting in Edmonton Riverbend: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Riverbend is another riding where strategic voting could make a difference. It is a new constituency, being more or less coterminous with what used…
Norbert, you should be ashamed…
Norbert Cunningham’s column on the Opinion page of today’s paper wallows in delight, with unending praise for the Tran-Pacific Trade Partnership. And, for a journalist, that’s wrong. It’s not that…
The Adler-Kinsella show!
(Well, sort of.) Sirius has announced that my buddy Charles Adler is hosting a new show with them starting next week – and I can now reveal that I will…