Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Labour Day reading.- Jared Bernstein comments on the prospect of a labour revival which can boost the prospects of unionized and non-unionized workers alike. And Thomas…
September 2016
What do you want in a leader?
It may not be what you think. Abacus Data’s absolutely fascinating chart on what we want in leaders, below. Abandon your assumptions, all ye who enter here. And see if…
Who Do You Trust on Free Trade – Justin Trudeau or Someone Who Knows Something About It?
Justin Trudeau is a disciple of free trade and globalism. His pronouncements before and during the G20 summit erased any doubt on that score. He is devoutly neoliberal, just like…
Kellie Leitch and the generating of Hate. . . .
The roots of racism, those feelings of fear, resentment, and hate, run very deep in the human psyche. I don’t believe anyone, no matter how benevolent or compassionate, remains unscathed.…
Kellie Leitch and the generating of Hate. . . .
The roots of racism, those feelings of fear, resentment, and hate, run very deep in the human psyche. I don't believe anyone, no matter how benevolent or compassionate, remains unscathed.…
Is This Kellie Leitch’s Constituency?
As Montreal Simon's recent post makes abundantly clear, Kellie Leitch is a pathetic human being. Her recent embrace of divisive 'dog-whistle' politics leaves no doubt about her manifest unfitness to…
Leitch and Brown Trump Ontario.
It is the unwise politician who adds to the silences of their eulogy. The silences are caused by those things you said or were said on your behalf for which…
They Still Stand In Awe Of Harper
Last week, Kellie Leitch suggested that prospective immigrants to Canada should pass a "Canadian values" test. You'll remember that, during the last election, Leitch and then Minister of Immigration Chris…
Switching feeds #nlpoli
Some of you noticed a problem on Monday morning with the Twitter posts from SRBP. You sent me a message and I fixed the problem.The solution was to switch the…
Donald Trump and the Shadow of the Klan
When I saw Donald Trump in a Detroit church, trying to appeal to African-American voters by posing as a religious person.And swaying awkwardly from side to side to the strains…
Supporting and Opposing #nlpoli
If you get any kind of enjoyment at all out of watch people tie themselves in knots, point out to a New Democrat that their party supports Muskrat Falls.Oooo -…
Jokers to the Right
It’s time we learn more lessons from Archie Bunker. While the right wing continues to become increasingly clownish, we need to go back to Norman Lear’s classic 1970s sitcom, All…
Rain’s forecast, but today promises to be a sunny Labour Day celebration just the same
PHOTOS: A Canadian Labour Day parade, well back in the day. Below: A poster for today’s Labour Day barbecue and picnic in Edmonton, J.S. Woodsworth, first leader of the CCF,…
Brian Jean Makes a Joke
Two things happened this week that reflect very poorly on the judgment of Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean and his supporters. The first was The Joke. The second was his…
#IStandWithWikileaks
The following is an article that I have been putting off writing for a while now, but following Hillary Clinton threatening TO GO TO WAR over this issue I found…
#IStandWithWikileaks
The following is an article that I have been putting off writing for a while now, but following Hillary Clinton threatening TO GO TO WAR over this issue I found…
Ezra Levant Not Entirely Certain Soldiers of Odin Are A "Thing"
While we were working on our commentary yesterday on Mack Lamoureux's CBC story covering the activities of the Soldiers of Odin in Edmonton, we were also following an interesting exchange…
Stuff Still Happens, week 35:Why politicians shouldn’t make ‘jokes’
Oh, my. Will politicians never learn? Of course not. This week’s political miscue was by Brian Jean, leader of the Wildrose Party. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Fort…
Elizabeth May Threatens to Resign Over Green Party’s Support of BDS
Photo by Laurel L. Russwurm Elizabeth May’s response to Green Party members voting to oppose Canadian support for Israeli colonialism has been wildly anti-democratic. She has not simply disagreed with…
Standing Up At Standing Rock
Photo from Public Domain Some 1,000 Native American activists from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and across the country faced off against police and security forces protecting the construction of…