from the front lines, day 15
Libraries Rock!What can you say when 50 schoolkids march to your picket line holding signs they made to support us, chanting "Kids Say: "LIBRARIES ROCK!"??? What a day!The Dufferin-Bloor Hub…
2016
from the front lines, day 15
Libraries Rock!What can you say when 50 schoolkids march to your picket line holding signs they made to support us, chanting "Kids Say: "LIBRARIES ROCK!"??? What a day!The Dufferin-Bloor Hub…
Site C Project Far From Clean and Green, Finds New UBC Report
The Site C dam, advanced as the province’s showcase clean energy project by the B.C. government, will cause significant environmental damage without any significant climate benefit, according to a new…
Is Putin Plotting to Scuttle Hillary?
There are various media reports indicating that the Kremlin is preparing a massive leak of Hillary Clinton's unauthorized emails.The rumour is the Russians intercepted or somehow hacked some 20,000 of…
An In-depth Look at Improving B.C.’s Carbon Tax: Martyn Brown
This is the third of a four-part series on B.C.’s climate action plan. Be advised, it is a very long read, more like a short book of six chapters. Part…
July 18: A very bad day in the news.
Of 33 metro regions in Canada, St. John holds down position no. 33 for its poverty rate among single income families. And, before you raise a cheer for Moncton, it…
Trump’s Boswell speaks
Just did an interview on CITY-TV with my friend Cristina Howorun about the state of U.S. politics, generally – and Donald Trump, specifically. I recommended she read this incredible essay.…
The Art of the Deal
Donald Trump likes to mention his book, The Art of the Deal. Only it's not really his book. It was ghost-written by Tony Schwartz who says, if he had a…
Whistling Past The Graveyard-Michael Harris
Michael Harris is an established journalist with purpose and clarity. This important piece tells it like it is. It is well worth a read. The comments that follow are a…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of July 18, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterParks Canada accused of favouring development and tourism over environment2 Bailiffs Shot to Death at Michigan CourthouseCosby switching lawyers in civil…
A Shameful Legacy
During the dark years of the Harper administrations, Canadians became almost inured to the lengths it would go while promoting its neo-liberal agenda. The extolment of free trade, the promotion…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Global Economy Becoming Efficient
Usually when economists talk about efficiencies they means firing people so executives can get better returns, this time efficiency is found by using electricity in smarter ways. The myth that…
The Leadership Race and the Delusions of the Cons
As we all know Rona Ambrose and her Cons are having a really hard time attracting any star leadership candidates.The only candidates they have managed to attract so far, like…
Queer
I am still uncomfortable with that word. I know that many gays and lesbians use it all the time – essentially to take back the word, and strip of its…