The Baseload Mistake
One of the hangups some of my friends have about converting the electrical grid to renewable energy, has been the difficulty in storing electricity generated for use when energy input…
2015
Will we see an NDP majority in Alberta?
Polls have been suspect for some time, especially in BC and Alberta.However repeated polls by a number of polling outfits continue to show remarkable growth for Rachel Notley and the…
We’re Responsible for Letting Them Off the Hook.
When it comes to Canada and climate change, who can fault the Americans for seeing us as almost schizoid. We acknowledge the reality and danger of climate change, we worry…
Can Stephen Harper Buy Your Conscience?
Stephen Harper offers so much to so few – tax cuts, increased Tax-Free Savings Accounts, income-splitting, to name but a few of his ‘gifts.’ His disingenuous rhetoric notwithstanding, however, Harper…
National: More changes to intellectual property? Smells like TPP
The government appears to be making the final changes on intellectual property so it can get green light join the TPP block. Article by Justin Ling for National One small…
The courts will not deliver smaller class sizes
Yesterday’s BC Court of Appeal ruling against the BC Teachers’ Federation was a disappointment to teachers and parents across the province. Many hoped that the court would uphold the trial…
The courts will not deliver smaller class sizes
Yesterday's BC Court of Appeal ruling against the BC Teachers' Federation was a disappointment to teachers and parents across the province. Many hoped that the court would uphold the trial…
The courts will not deliver smaller class sizes
Yesterday’s BC Court of Appeal ruling against the BC Teachers’ Federation was a disappointment to teachers and parents across the province. Many hoped that the court would uphold the trial…
Prepare to Convert
It could be change on the scale of the advent of Christianity only bigger and far faster. Life as you know it could be about to change and, if that…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, May 1, 2015
Your news links for today: CRTC to announce wholesale wireless decision on May 5th – Mobile Syrup Mobilicity has 157,000 subscribers, asks judge for another stay until August 31st –…
To See Ourselves as Others See Us
Ask anyone in the Third World where, if they had their druthers, they would choose to live and their top choice, hands down, would be the United States. Ask those…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Bill McKibben argues that Bernie Sanders’ run for the presidency should have massive positive impacts extending far beyond both Sanders’ central theme of…
Podcast: Pension tensions and privatizations
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/podcast150501-pensions-and-privatization.mp3 I have two guests on two different topics today. First up: Kevin Skerrett, a pension researcher at the Canadian Union of Public Employees. I spoke with him about the…
The Grey Wolf Escapes
Forget your chemtrails, your big pharma, your New World Order; forget UFO abductions, Bigfoot and GMOs. This is the granddaddy conspiracy theory of them all. This one makes all the…
Democracy must always been seen
This blog has been very quiet for the past five months. I wanted to give the new Park Board a chance to find it’s feet. It isn’t easy being a…
But who will pay for his hairdresser?
Seeing the Prime Minister striding arrogantly down the Hall of Honour with King Abdullah II of Jordan the other day gave us second thoughts on Stephen Harper’s future plans. He…
Daisy Group: nine years!
Seems like just yesterday – the Daisy Group opened its doors on May 1, 2006, on Yorkville. Our very first visitor, on the very next day? The best Liberal Party…
The Strange Harperland Spring and the Propaganda Challenge
It's been eerily quiet down by the waterfront where I live. It still doesn't feel like Spring.People seem strangely subdued. And although I am looking forward to all the good…
Ontario Sex Ed Curriculum As A Federal Issue
When I first read that Team Trudeau was blaming its recent slide in the polls on the new Ontario Sex Education curriculum, I didn’t buy it. But Lo!, here is…
Yesterday – Alberta
A follow up to my “Today” post. So, what happened yesterday? A few things, lets start at the bottom and work out way up 1 – The Liberals were totally…