Young Investors Care More About Using Money for Good
It turns out that people born after 1980 care more about investing in companies that make the world better than investing in companies that don’t. Traditionally investors were told to…
2015
$75 Million
http://welcometoladyville.com/ That’s what the Harper government paid for advertising last year. That figure is up from $69 million in the previous year. They’ve cut funding for health care and veterans…
The power of journalism, and Walter Scott
Growing up, I just wanted to be a reporter. That’s all. I started my own newspaper when I was nine; I worked at them all through elementary school, junior high…
How Do You Define A Threat?
It’s all a matter of perspective, I guess: Recommend this Post
The Daily Beast: Bloombergian
Shinan’s dispatch from the front in Tee Dot. Fun writing here. John Tory, a placid, Bloombergian figure who hails from one of Canada’s establishment clans, eventually grabbed the prize, but…
Why Stephen Harper Will Be Hurt by the Duffy Trial
If Stephen Harper thought he could run away from the trial of Mike Duffy, as he was trying to do yesterday at a photo-op in Vancouver. Which is about as…
For the Quebec lovers #nlpoli
We’ve got two recent pieces on events in Quebec. Don Macpherson explains why the student “strikes” aren’t really strikes at all. And for all those people still cheering about the…
Say What? Oh, Yeah. Say What?
You know you’ve reached 60 when the peer discussion suddenly turns to memory loss. There’s a strong element of ‘gallows humour’ involved. Yet there’s rarely anything said in total jest.…
Alberta Election 2015: Could be more interesting than expected!
Albertans are heading to the polls on May 5, 2015 to elect the next Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Like the past twelve elections since 1971, the May 5 vote will…
In this week’s Hill Times: do you detest her as much as I do?
In the long and storied history of Canadian politics, has there been anything – anything at all – as consistently disgusting and repellant and loathsome as the Canadian Senate? Has…
Claire Martin, ex-CBC meteorologist, to run for Green Party nomination
At a time when Harper is being seen for the _____that he is, this is most interesting. She might just get elected. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Martin to…
I’m supposed to tell you you missed your flight
Not since "Did you get pears?" have I been so entranced by a Mad Men line. Don Draper's ex-girlfriend, Rachel, appears in Don's dream and says, "I'm supposed to tell…
I’m supposed to tell you you missed your flight
Not since “Did you get pears?” have I been so entranced by a Mad Men line. Don Draper’s ex-girlfriend, Rachel, appears in Don’s dream and says, “I’m supposed to tell…
I’m supposed to tell you you missed your flight
Not since "Did you get pears?" have I been so entranced by a Mad Men line.Don Draper's ex-girlfriend, Rachel, appears in Don's dream and says, "I'm supposed to tell you…
I’m supposed to tell you you missed your flight
Not since “Did you get pears?” have I been so entranced by a Mad Men line. Don Draper’s ex-girlfriend, Rachel, appears in Don’s dream and says, “I’m supposed to tell…
Does This Mean No More Chocolate Bunnies?
Cute Little Buggers, Eh? Hold the presses! Word out of Israel that the lost tomb of Jesus has been found and it contained the ossuaries (bone boxes) of Jesus; Mrs.…
Reflections on David Harvey: Neoliberalism and The State
For three decades, neoliberalism has dominated the political and economic landscape. Following David Harvey, I contend that neoliberalism depends on the manufacturing of consent to a neoliberal agenda and the…
Reflections on David Harvey: Neoliberalism and The State
For three decades, neoliberalism has dominated the political and economic landscape. Following David Harvey, I contend that neoliberalism depends on the manufacturing of consent to a neoliberal agenda and the…