Elizabeth May, please step forward.
It has always been our opinion that Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is far smarter than anyone else in the Green Party. And she has certainly carried all those folks…
August 2016
No Reason To Reject The System Outright
As Canada moves towards proportional representation, the Cassandras are wailing loudly. Andrew Coyne gives two examples -- from opposite ends of the political spectrum:Here, for example, is Bill Tieleman, B.C.…
No Reason To Reject The System Outright
As Canada moves towards proportional representation, the Cassandras are wailing loudly. Andrew Coyne gives two examples -- from opposite ends of the political spectrum:Here, for example, is Bill Tieleman, B.C.…
#bcpoli poll: 38% BCL, 29% NDP, 16% Grn
Quick post today in case people aren’t aware of the current state of BC politics – a new poll was released, the first in several months, showing what appears to…
#bcpoli poll: 38% BCL, 29% NDP, 16% Grn
Quick post today in case people aren't aware of the current state of BC politics - a new poll was released, the first in several months, showing what appears to…
#bcpoli poll: 38% BCL, 29% NDP, 16% Grn
Quick post today in case people aren't aware of the current state of BC politics - a new poll was released, the first in several months, showing what appears to…
Catching Up With the Adventures of the Republican Clown Donald Trump
During the almost three weeks I spent in Scotland, I wasn't able to follow the adventures of the RepubliCon clown Donald Trump as closely as I normally do.Because as you…
Being from there #nlpoli
Some people are very agitated at the prospect that the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada might not "represent" Atlantic Canada like Justice Thomas Cromwell does.How exactly does…
Being from there #nlpoli
Some people are very agitated at the prospect that the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada might not "represent" Atlantic Canada like Justice Thomas Cromwell does.How exactly does…
Colin Powell’s Lesson For Republicans
This column ran in The National Post on August 11, 2016. Sixteen days before the 2008 presidential election, George W. Bush’s former secretary of state, Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), appeared…
Canada’s Greens have been too cautious, too polite, without achieving a significant effect on environmental policies.
The Green Party is in serious danger of tanking, and it is most certainly not because they have been too green, or too radical. Canadians need and want a Green…
Maybe it’s time for the NDP to return to socialism
Photo by Matt Jiggins There’s been a strange summer-long silence from the NDP. Last week, after the near terror event in Strathroy, they should have been vocal on Bill C-51,…
Rather than fearing the Leap Manifesto, let’s bring on the debate
Photo by Connor Mah That silly Leap Manifesto – giving itself away right in the subtitle, which calls for “a Canada based on caring for the Earth and one another.”…
Climate justice and the prospect of power
Photo by Mark Klotz Umair Muhammad’s post on my blog, “Let’s commit to the long haul,” reviews the record of an anti-pipeline movement in which both he and I have…
Christy Clark Hopes You’re Not Reading This
It’s 31 degrees outside and I was planning to go to the lake this afternoon — and I’d be willing to hazard a guess that many British Columbians are in…
Christy Clark Hopes You’re Not Reading This
It’s 31 degrees outside and I was planning to go to the lake this afternoon — and I’d be willing to hazard a guess that many British Columbians are in…
‘Zombie bees’ found in Nanaimo as scary parasite spreads to Canada
Here is another story from CHEK TV News that is righteous of a horror flick.
How Your Social Media Footprint Can Backfire on You in Court
There is no denying that we live in a new age of social media, where expressing your inner most thoughts and personal feelings to an online audience is just plain…
How Your Social Media Footprint Can Backfire on You in Court
There is no denying that we live in a new age of social media, where expressing your inner most thoughts and personal feelings to an online audience is just plain…
August 18: A normal day in our world.
Well, in up-to-the-second news for the irving press, section A has the story that a man accused of break-in will stand trial. Wow! who woulda guessed? There's a big story…