Comparing Fiscal Federalism in Canada and Australia
One interesting topic for a Canadian living in Australia is the manner in which fiscal and social responsibilities are divided between the levels of government. Both countries are big, regionally…
April 2016
The Panama Papers: ‘Biggest Leak in History’ Exposes Global Web of Corruption
Here is an answer to the pat response often given by those who embrace thecorporate culture when funds are needed and sought for schools, hospitals, parks, fire departments, updated libraries,…
Dirt
Dirt Dirt is an ongoing visual project that addresses ideas concerning the city in the period before the Arctic collapse (Polar Caps buh bye). It is really just a
Wealthy Implicated in #PanamaPapers will not #FeelTheBern
What is #PanamaPapers? Over 2TB of leaked bank communications exposing shell companies and tax avoidance and money laundering by HSBC, UBS, and others. CBC and Toronto Star have the names…
Ezzrata: When Ezra Levant Was Young And Sue-y
Someone has posted a trove of legal documents from Ezra Levant's past, related to a libel case he brought against the University of Calgary student newspaper, back in the day.…
Ezzrata: When Ezra Levant Was Young And Suey
Someone has posted a trove of legal documents from Ezra Levant's past, related to a libel case he brought against the University of Calgary student newspaper, back in the day.…
Savages tonight!
Skipping Aikido to see Savages tonight at Danforth Music Hall (and many thanks to Piya Chattopadhyay for pointing us in the right direction) with Lisa and Daughter Two. They remind…
Subsidies, tax havens, bribery and fraud
The Panama Papers are in the news today but the underlying stories are not new. American commentator Matthew Yglesias reports on the latest developments. He says the leaked papers: …offer…
Subsidies, tax havens, bribery and fraud
The Panama Papers are in the news today but the underlying stories are not new. American commentator Matthew Yglesias reports on the latest developments. He says the leaked papers:...offer the…
Subsidies, tax havens, bribery and fraud
The Panama Papers are in the news today but the underlying stories are not new. American commentator Matthew Yglesias reports on the latest developments. He says the leaked papers:offer the…
April 4: Wow!
The story below is told largely with its focus on Israel, China and Russia. But it's a story that covers the whole world. Yes, even Canada and, who would guess…
Norway Convenes "Corporate Corruption" Summit. Austria Investigates.
Well, it looks as though liberal democracy is still intact in Norway where the government wasted no time responding to the Panama Papers scandal by calling a corporate corruption summit.…
Another "Modest Proposal"
And, no, this one isn't about eating babies either (unless you realize that you're the baby).Here's the premise. Rich people don't pay taxes so why should ordinary Canadians pay taxes?…
From WikiLeaks to Edward Snowden to the Panama Papers – The Manifest Corruption of Western Democracy
When did graft, corruption and skulduggery become the default operating system of Western democracy?It traces back to the introduction of neoliberalism and the ascendancy of illiberal democracy. Today we live…
Collingwood’s broken committee system, part 2
Back in early 2015, I wrote that the experimental standing committee structure adopted by council was broken. Well, wouldn’t you know it, a year later, council finally agreed. And they…
A Question for the Prime Minister from Glenn Greenwald
He rose to fame as the journalistic voice of Edward Snowden but, as to be expected, his biography is as extensive as it is impressive. Glenn Greenwald currently occupies the…
It’s Saskatchewan’s Election Day
I basically stopped writing about the Saskatchewan election on my blog following the hair pulling, anti-democratic decision by CBC and its consortium of TV broadcasters to block most party leaders…
CCS – Just Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard.
Speaking of mankind's race to oblivion, I recently read a report that concluded that, with population en route to 9+ billion, in order to reach the UN's development goals to…
BC Hydro’s Bizarre, Multi-Million Dollar Boondoggle to Save Fish from Site C Dam
In a scenario that sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, bull trout and other fish will travel in trucks past the Site C dam for 100 years…