Will Canada’s national carbon price clean up our climate mess?
Monday, October 17, 2016 Canada will soon have a national price on carbon. West Coast has been calling for carbon pricing for over twenty years – putting a price on…
October 2016
‘Taxpayers Federation’s’ true Astro-Turf nature finally worms its way into public consciousness
PHOTOS: Canadian Taxpayers Federation Communications VP Scott Hennig at the 2013 Manning Conference in Ottawa, the annual spring bean-fest for right-wing activists organized by Preston Manning’s eponymous training camp for…
Canadian Mining Corporations in Latin America: Solidarity Rally
Photo by Martin St-Amant Trade agreements are a weapon against communities! Community consent over corporate bullying! La lucha sigue; the struggle continues! In 2008, after years of violence, conflict, environmental…
None of the president’s men
Yes, that would be me with one of my two teenage-era heroes, Bob Woodward.
Sandra Jansen is right, there are Progressive Conservatives in Alberta
Yippee! Sandra Jansen just confirmed she’s running for the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party. This is good news because her campaign will test Jason Kenney’s assertion that there’s no…
Anti-Immigration Rally Featuring Soldiers of Odin, PEGIDA, and Atalante Québec Yesterday
Yesterday an anti-immigrant rally took place in Quebec City featuring some groups we are well aware of and a few that are knew to us (yes, our Quebec intel still…
Most! Progressive! Ever!
Shorter Bill Morneau: I take great pride in the fact that other elites are starting to come around to my party’s “make a show of dropping at least a few…
The "Dress Rehearsal for Fascism"
No matter whether you support or despise Donald Trump, you’ve been changed.Even Canadians are impacted by the body politic of our next door neighbour – our one and only next…
The "Dress Rehearsal for Fascism"
No matter whether you support or despise Donald Trump, you’ve been changed.All Canadians are impacted in numerous ways by the body politic of our next door neighbour – our one…
Ottawa-bound
If we make it to the airport on time, that is.
We Are, Indeed, Living in Interesting Times
My parents lived through the Great Depression. They lived through World War II. They lived through the Cold War. They lived in “interesting times” fraught with peril and struggle and…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ellen Gould comments on how the CETA and other trade deals constrain democratic governance – and the fact that corporate bigwigs are…
Johnstone: Supports Coal, But Calls Out Wall’s Lack of Plan
A notable column in the Star Phoenix from Bruce Johnstone, as he chastises Premier Wall’s “grandstanding” and for having no plan to deal with climate change. Wall called the plan,…
This SNL sketch really upset Donald Trump
So let’s watch it again and again!
Stuff Still Happens, week 41: America gone wild
The American election campaign, which was already the worst in history, imploded this week. The week began with a presidential debate widely seen as the worst in history. Donald Trump,…
The Great Con Canada Birthday Scam
I'll always remember the day Stephen Harper decided to start celebrating Canada's 150th birthday, three years early.And how critics warned that the infrastructure money that came with it could be…
How to Escape Donald Trump’s Monstrous Horror Movie
Yes I know, I vowed to try to tune out the Donald Trump horror movie this weekend, to remind myself that the world isn't THAT crazy. But it isn't easy.…
Kelie Leitch – Savant Extraodinaire
I see that Kellie Leitch has officially launched her leadership campaign: As the campaign heats up, she can expect more of this: And if that doesn’t sate your appetite for…
Saturday Photo: The Turning of the Leaves
This morning it’s gray, but until today we’ve had a great run of marvelous weather. Last weekend’s rain pushed the leaves into glorious colour, and then the sun came out.…