On The Role Of Police
This past weekend, Calgary’s Police force were caught beating a man on video. This isn’t an overreach on the scope of those that we have seen in the US of…
July 2016
On The Role Of Police
This past weekend, Calgary's Police force were caught beating a man on video. This isn't an overreach on the scope of those that we have seen in the US of…
On The Role Of Police
This past weekend, Calgary's Police force were caught beating a man on video. This isn't an overreach on the scope of those that we have seen in the US of…
Blair, Corbyn and Leftism
While I recognize Blair’s achievements while in power, I would never vote for him. Blair betrayed the people who voted for him, a betrayal that is most manifest in the…
Blair, Corbyn and Leftism
While I recognize Blair's achievements while in power, I would never vote for him. Blair betrayed the people who voted for him, a betrayal that is most manifest in the…
Blair, Corbyn and Leftism
While I recognize Blair's achievements while in power, I would never vote for him. Blair betrayed the people who voted for him, a betrayal that is most manifest in the…
Confronting the problem of violence against health workers
It’s a dangerous time to be working in health care. On any given day, health care workers are at risk of getting stabbed, choked, punched, bitten, spat on or verbally…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of July 11, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on Twitter\Judge who detained kids for refusing interactions with dad committed misconduct, special master saysFBI Announces No Charges Against Hillary Over Use…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Joseph Stiglitz writes about the political consequences of economic policies which have siphoned wealth to the lucky few, and writes that it's long past…
France’s Parliament Deals Major Blow to Labor
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=16714Filed under: Uncategorized
Vote Reform Primer: Liking losers.
The following is part of our on-going primer on vote reform that is based on our Democracy Papers of 2007. This is the sixth of the vote reform series. In…
Sometimes, A Blessing Is A Curse
Jason Kenny has headed back to the Calgary Stampede, proudly waving to the crowds. But, Michael Harris writes, it's easy to spot the phonies:Jason Kenney is taking part in a…
When the victim victimizes
I was out of the town for Toronto’s big Pride parade, but I heard all about it. The local Black Lives Matter folks decided to blockade the parade, stopping it…
Michael Harris On The Many Delusions of Jason Kenney
As we all know only too painfully, Jason Kenney is trying to reinvent himself as the Saviour of Alberta.Even though he was born in Ontario, has spent the last twenty…
If Kelvin’s departure was no biggie… #nlpoli
According to Premier Dwight Ball, Kelvin Parsons was never going to stick around for long as the Premier's chief of staff.Okay. Let's think about that for a second.If that's true,…
Does the federal Tory pivot toward Alberta show they’ve given up on power in Ottawa?
PHOTOS: Stephen Harper, the former prime minister, not exactly as he appeared at the Conservative Party’s Calgary Stampede barbecue last night, but close enough. Below: Jason Kenney, Mr. Harper’s former…
Idiocracy
Lorne's post on Harrelson's naive solution to world problems (from Ethos, but he said it in Go Further years earlier too), in which he suggests we should just stop buying…
Idiocracy
Lorne's post on Harrelson's naive solution to world problems (from Ethos, but he said it in Go Further years earlier too), in which he suggests we should just stop buying…
Jason Kenney: Alberta’s Very Own Music Man
Like the Music Man, Jason Kenney blew into town with a message: We’ve got trouble folks! Trouble with a capital “T” that rhymes with “P” and that stands for “Progressive!”…
A Failure of Ambition: Ontario’s Climate Change Plan
Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan has drawn a lot of fire since it was released this past June (see: “Ontario Liberals unveil $8.3 billion climate plan to mixed reviews,”…