Your morning #USPOLI numbers
From Jeff Gauvin. 11/3 8AM ■REUT C +6 ■RAND C+9 ■CBS/NYT C+3 ■GOOG C+3 ■ABC: C+2 ■SVM C+7 ■CNBC C+10 ■PEW C+6 ■SU C+9 ■QUI C+7 ■BLO C+9
November 2016
Revisiting electoral reform.
As the special commons committee on electoral reform finishes hearings and prepares to enter into its deliberations, there is a sense of deja vu. Canadians in six provinces have already…
The polls remain discouraging for Liberals #nlpoli
Heading into their convention this weekend, the provincial Liberals have another poll that confirms what all the other polls have said for the past six months or so. For those…
The question must be asked: Was Brad Wall’s party being paid to undermine Alberta’s NDP?
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, not looking quite like himself, were still smiling and standing side by side at the start of the July 2015…
A Lively Time Ahead For the Race To Be Cowichan’s Next MLA
With the remarkable US election looming and the Standing Rock Sioux Nation Dakota Access Pipeline protests, we must not forget the lively run for the MLA spot left open by…
I’m watching Game 7 (Go Cubs!) but thought I’d share these numbers
Have a good night. I plan to. #POLLS 11/2 9PM ■REUT C +6 ■RAND C+9 ■GOOG C+3 ■ABC: TIED ■SVM C+7 ■CNBC C+10 ■AP C+14 ■PEW C+6 ■SU C+9 ■DC…
Alberta Energy Companies Pumping Money into Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party
Alberta companies, many involved in the oil and gas sector, contributed more than $2 million to Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party between 2006 and 2015. That’s according to a new…
Alberta Energy Companies Pumping Money into Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party
Alberta companies, many involved in the oil and gas sector, contributed more than $2 million to Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party between 2006 and 2015. That’s according to a new…
The Case of the Vanishing Site C Video-Includes A Revised Video
The Site C Dam project offers a number of similarities with the Dakota Access Pipeline-(DAPL) the subject of ongoing massive protest led by the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North…
Nov. 2: a dreadful day for news.
“Huge python that killed boys was growling, aggressive, court told”. That’s the headline for today’s irving press. And, in the trade, it’s what is called cheap sensationalism. It has almost…
Some Things, It Seems, Just Won’t Die. Remembering the Sponsorship Scandal.
Twenty years is often enough to purge bad memories. It’s fair to say that most Canadians today have only the vaguest and often inaccurate recollection of the Chretien government. One…
Dear Bloomberg: thanks for nothing
The good news is that Bloomberg is writing about us Canadians working for HRC. “We don’t want Donald Trump to blow up the planet, because it’s our planet, too,” as…
The Case of the Vanishing Site C Video
Last week DeSmog Canada published a video about the Site C dam on Facebook that — after generating nearly 120,000 views in 36 hours — was suddenly removed due to…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – George Monbiot rightly makes the point that a general attitude of kindness is a must for a functioning society – while lamenting that…
The Case of the Vanishing Site C Video
Last week DeSmog Canada published a video about the Site C dam on Facebook that — after generating nearly 120,000 views in 36 hours — was suddenly removed due to…
How much do we owe? #nlpoli
CBC Radio Noon had board of trade president Des Whalen in the studio on Monday. Board of Trade thinks the debt is about $13 billion today. Don’t talk about Muskrat…
The latest #uspoli polls, fresh, get ’em while they’re hot
From Jeff, natch. ■RAND C+9 ■REU C+6 ■GOOG C+3 ■ABC: TIED ■SVM C+7 ■CNBC C+10 ■AP C+14 ■PEW C+6 ■SU C+9 ■DC C+12 ■QUI C+7 ■BLO C+9 ■CBS C+9
The Movers And Shakers Are Getting Shook
Our movers and shakers are in denial about the affects of globalization. Jim Stanford writes: The architects of globalization are worried, quite rightly, by both the rhetoric and the reality…
In Greece, Property Is Debt – The New York Times
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I May Have The Answer
Strange cacophonous sounds coming from the skies may seem like the prelude to a science-fiction film, but the phenomenon is actually happening throughout the world. At times sounding like trumpet…