This is why the Harper Cons lost the election
So the Harper Cons figured out a complicated legalistic way to screw a few thousand poor First Nations people out of a few thousand dollars in long-overdue residential school reparations.…
February 2016
The Budget, Stimulus, and E.I.
A coalition of community and labour organizations have come together to present their views on necessary EI reforms as part of the pre-budget process. Joint Community and Labour Statement on…
David Suzuki: It’s time to protect the Great Bear Rainforest’s grizzlies
Environmentalist David Suzuki argues that the recent agreement between government, industry, First Nations and environmental groups to protect the Great Bear Rainforest should have included efforts to end the "barbaric"…
This is why the Harper Cons lost the election
So the Harper Cons figured out a complicated legalistic way to screw a few thousand poor First Nations people out of a few thousand dollars in long-overdue residential school reparations.…
Big Fossil’s Achilles’ Heel
You don't often come across a vulnerability this huge. The fossil energy companies, virtually the lot of them, have a ginormous problem. Their commercial viability is dependent on maintaining a…
The ‘Sharing Economy’ is a Hoax
Stop calling it the sharing economy. It’s an oxymoron, like ‘creation science’ or ‘sustainable capitalism.’ It’s not collaborative: it’s the new indentured servant economy. If you believe these corporations are...
Cultivated Ignorance
If American students are told much at all about climate change, there's a good chance what they're being told isn't true much less informative.In the first national survey of classroom…
Wall’s Faulty Logic
“Showing leadership matters, signals matter, examples matter, but the numbers are the numbers,” Wall said. Essentially, Wall appears to be suggesting that because no single action by itself will solve…
Sometimes, in my old age, I get tired of facile bullshit
Canada is us, the people. Canada is not governments. Stop saying "Canada is back." We, Canada, never left. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 12, 2016
Why There Aren’t Enough Bombs to Stop ISIS
Well there are but they're nuclear and they would pretty much wipe us all out.The problem with ISIS, ISIL, Da'esh - whatever you call them - is that those guys…
That Word He Used To Trumpet
http://waldo.wikia.com/wiki/Stephen Harper has disappeared. He has not been sh...
Sometimes you do not want to be right.
So, do you feel better after the Whitby-Oshawa provincial by-election? What do you expect when only 25 per cent of the voters would brave the cold to vote? Frankly, the…
The Con Media and Justin Trudeau’s First 100 Days
Well yesterday was the day the MSM decided to devote a lot of their coverage to Justin Trudeau's first 100 days in office.And I must say I found it a…
Clowncil should try honesty, not more secrecy #nlpoli
The problem at St. John's city council isn't the recent budget.Council is a nest of ego and ambition. Not so very long ago, council members fought among themselves privately and…
Bernie Sanders and the New American Revolution
Three days after Bernie Sanders' victory in New Hampshire I'm still floating on a cloud, and dreaming up a storm.I still can't quite believe my eyes. How could an old…
B.C. politics as seen from Alberta: Christy Clark’s re-election strategy exposed
PHOTOS: B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon reads the notorious Throne Speech attacking Alberta on Tuesday. Below: B.C. Premier Christie Clark, NDP strategist Brian Topp, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and B.C. NDP…
BC Jobs Plan, less than full disclosure
I'm often critical of corporate media but there is still some sharp work being done, even by people outside the major urban centres of BC. Here's an example:References to the…
Opposition parties gear up for a spring by-election in Calgary-Greenway
Greens first to name a candidate in Calgary-Greenway by-election Alberta’s opposition parties are preparing for a spring by-election in Calgary-Greenway. The east Calgary constituency was represented by Progressive Conservative MLA…
Intent in Murder
Murder is the intentional killing of another human being. The key is intention – an action that results in the death of another person without intent is homicide and can…