To End Ntl. Caregivers Month: Our Ultimate Lesson
All this month of November, I’ve been reflecting on the life lessons that caregiving teaches us. I’ve talked about gratitude, kindness, patience, wisdom and resilience. I even wrote about how…
November 2016
On Those Pipeline Decisions
Here is one of what will be many stories. So, start with some facts and probabilities. Northern Gateway is dead. That’s a piece of good news. Line 3 nobody heard…
Betrayal
That’s it. Prime minister Slick has greenlighted the Kinder Morgan pipeline initiative that will ship 900,000 barrels of toxic, lethal dilbit a day across British Columbia, through the Lower Mainland…
Down due to illness
A cold has sidelined your e-scribbler for a couple of days. Regular screeds will resume shortly. -srbp-
Trudeau’s pipeline approvals fail to recognize the “magnitude” of the climate problem
Thursday, December 1, 2016 The thing that frustrated me most when watching the Prime Minister’s press conference earlier this week approving the Kinder Morgan and Line 3 pipelines is that…
On the CBC: ten reasons why I like it
A dishonest non-entity who is running for the Conservative Party leadership has a strategy: to yank every fire alarm she comes across. Her latest stunt? Kill the CBC. She’s lying,…
Federal Liberals Approval of Kinder Morgan Is Final Nail in the Coffin of ‘Reconciliation’
The federal Liberals have issued an approval for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, subject to 157 conditions. In doing so, the government has granted permission for the Houston-based…
Embedding neoliberalism in Greece: the transformation of collective bargaining and labour market policy in Greece during the Eurozone crisis
(2016). Embedding neoliberalism in Greece: the transformation of collective bargaining and labour market policy in Greece during the Eurozone crisis. Studies in Political Economy. Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1080/07078552.2016.1249129 Source:…
Will Trump Stand Up To Big Business, GOP, Dems & China on Trade?
Photo by Michael Vadon Prof. Wolff joins Thom Hartmann on RT’s The Big Picture. Donald Trump has promised big things for the economy once he takes office. But were the…
The Revival of the Working-Class Concept
Photo by Ted S. Warren/AP The polarization in the country following the Trump electoral victory is not what Karl Marx called the “class struggle.” But it reflects an underlying class…
Federal Approval of Kinder Morgan Pipeline Would Be ‘Misguided’ Says Justice Minister in Newly Surfaced Letter
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said the federal government holds the constitutional power to force through the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline but that doing so would follow the “misguided position…
Half-Cocked
Nation, we woke up this morning to hear that, for the second time in a week, a resident of Calgary was shot and killed by police. We don't know what…
Half-Cocked
Nation, we woke up this morning to hear that, for the second time in a week, a resident of Calgary was shot and killed by police. We don’t know what…
Trump Has Germans Thinking a Lot About Democracy
The German people have not forgotten their past and president-elect Donald J. Trump has them revisiting those painful memories of a darker time. An article in Der Spiegel asks “How…
The CDC & Corporations: Profit Instead of People
A number of reports confirm my fears that the CDC in the US is a revolving door of scientists and the pharma industry, with everyone looking to make a buck,…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Executive pay might be the biggest scandal of the day in Big Business. We regularly read of CEOs earning five to six hundred times the average wage of their employees.…
Half-Cocked
Nation, we woke up this morning to hear that, for the second time in a week, a resident of Calgary was shot and killed by police. We don’t know what…
Monbiot Tackles Neoliberalism’s Death Grip on the West
Neoliberalism has been the default operating system of western governments, Canada included, since it was ushered in during the Thatcher/Reagan/Mulroney era. Justin Trudeau is a neoliberal as were his predecessors…
Tell Trudeau to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
Photo by Lorie Shaull Winnipeg, Nov. 23, 2016 – Winnipeggers attended a townhall meeting at the University of Winnipeg about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral trade agreement that threatens our…
Maude Barlow: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis
Photo from Millstonenews.com Winnipeg, Nov. 24, 2016 – Council of Canadians Chair Maude Barlow discusses her latest book, Boiling Point: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis with Paul…