In Harperland, Stupidity Rules
Perhaps stupidity is a virus. Despite the verdict in the Duffy trial, Michael Harris writes, stupidity still rules in a lot of roosts:A significant part of the Canadian Establishment is…
April 2016
Regulations, Not Carbon Pricing, Are Key to Reducing Emissions, Expert Says
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna earlier this month said the federal government does not have a preferred carbon pricing system. Whether the provinces and territories go with cap and trade or…
Why Are We Still Building a Monument To Stephen Harper?
Well it's going to be a lot smaller than Stephen Harper had hoped.And it won't be erected right in front of the Supreme Court, on the ground reserved for a…
Flying the checklist – Government’s comms problem Part II #nlpoli
The Liberals under Dwight Ball have had a steady run of problems with managing issues, policies, and positions. The current mess they face with the 2016 budget is really nothing…
Where’s the beef? Alberta’s cattle industry is only getting what it ordered from Earls
PHOTOS: Where’s the beef? Not in Alberta, if this province’s beef industry can do anything about it. One thing this story has nothing to do with is small-time ranchers like…
Five CEOs hold a press conference in a penthouse boardroom
It was a case of political friendly fire. With only days left before Election Day, the anti-NDP fear campaign was in full-gear but this shot might have been the final…
The stench of entitlement
You’d think politicians would learn from the recent investigations into Senate spending and the Mike Duffy trial, that Canadians have no tolerance for the gimme, gimme, gimme of politicians. Canadians…
April 28: Journalism 101
It's a standard practice that the banner headline for Section A of a newspaper deals with the major story of the day. And the major story of today is -…
A snippet, from the perspective of Mexico, from next week’s column
PUNTA NIZUC, MEXICO – A wall. Donald Trump, the bilious billionaire who is edging ever-closer to the Oval Office, wants to build a great big wall between this country and…
Brave, Beautiful, Renewable: Exploring Geothermal Energy in Iceland
A drive along Iceland’s ‘ring road,’ a winding narrow highway that encircles the isolated island’s 1,332 kilometre circumference, will take you from the sublime to the beautifully desolate in quick…
Email, Productivity, And How You Feel
Dealing with an endless stream of emails is challenge in any office environment – even just socially it can be rather taxing. The solution to email always seems to be…
Justin Trudeau: Will he be remembered as the man who saved Canada or the Prince of Selfies?
By not telling Canadians the truth about the governments’ almost certain inability to control future carbon emissions, Justin Trudeau is guilty of downplaying the greatest issue ever to face the…
Justin Trudeau: Will he be remembered as the man who saved Canada or the Prince of Selfies?
By not telling Canadians the truth about the governments' almost certain inability to control future carbon emissions, Justin Trudeau is guilty of downplaying the greatest issue ever to face the…
Justin Trudeau: Will he be remembered as the man who saved Canada or the Prince of Selfies?
By not telling Canadians the truth about the governments' almost certain inability to control future carbon emissions, Justin Trudeau is guilty of downplaying the greatest issue ever to face the…
The inevitability of the BDS movement
The Palestinians need a Canadian champion, specifically a political champion. None of our three main political parties will stand up for them. It would normally be the responsibility of the…
The inevitability of the BDS movement
The Palestinians need a Canadian champion, specifically a political champion. None of our three main political parties will stand up for them. It would normally be the responsibility of the…
The inevitability of the BDS movement
The Palestinians need a Canadian champion, specifically a political champion. None of our three main political parties will stand up for them. It would normally be the responsibility of the…
A Cautionary Tale – Oil’s Days are Numbered
Sorry, Rachel. Sorry, Justin. Sorry, Brad. The heyday of high-cost, high-carbon oil is drawing to a close. Not your fault. You just happen to be stuck with the filthiest, costliest…
I laugh at danger
Michael Hale will recall this is like my now-legendary Yukon grizzly bear stunt. That’s me in the Mexican water, on the left. That’s a red flag, indicating sharks in the…
Congo: a chimp, an artist, a cautionary tale
Congo began his artistic career when he worked with Desmond Morris, anthropologist, TV presenter and writer of such books as The Human Animal, The Naked Ape, and Chimps-r-Us. Initially, Morris…