Conservative contest continues contrarily.
It was another step backward towards the abyss. Ontario’s Tony Clement must have found a hat somewhere to throw into the ring of the Conservative leadership contest. It was a…
2016
Bring On The Independents
Patrick Bazeau walked back into the Senate yesterday, the charges he faced having been dropped. What does that say about the government and the man that brought the charges? It's…
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and the Great Dumb Fart-In
I know many progressives wish that the Democrats had a better candidate than Hillary Clinton to confront the dangerous demagogue Donald Trump.And like me wish that Bernie Sanders had won…
Rona Ambrose and the Disposable Canadians
Rona Ambrose did a lot of bad and stupid things during her years of faithful service to Stephen Harper's monstrous Con regime. And most of them were things that just…
Donald Trump is a bad role model
The latest Clinton ad is very simple and very effective. It lets Donald Trump speak for himself. -srbp-
from the front lines, day 11
On Thursday, striking Mississauga library workers visited various branches in the system to talk with members of the community. Here are some reports and pictures.Clarkson"Our group was quite small, but…
from the front lines, day 11
On Thursday, striking Mississauga library workers visited various branches in the system to talk with members of the community. Here are some reports and pictures.Clarkson"Our group was quite small, but…
Tim Tebow Says He Ain’t Speaking At RNC National Convention
There is a list, and he’s on it. But then there’s his Facebook message saying its all a rumor. But that’s a semi-official looking list. Did the Trump gang stick…
Tim Tebow Says He Ain’t Speaking At RNC National Convention
There is a list, and he's on it. But then there's his Facebook message saying its all a rumor. But that's a semi-official looking list. Did the Trump gang stick…
Tim Tebow Says He Ain’t Speaking At RNC National Convention
There is a list, and he's on it. But then there's his Facebook message saying its all a rumor. But that's a semi-official looking list. Did the Trump gang stick…
Outrage over Oil Sands appointment is a Tzeporah in a teapot
What do you get when you put some of the Canadian Oil Sands fiercest critics in the same room with its most vocal supporters? The Alberta Government’s new 18-member Oil…
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July 14: There was a world that was.
But that world isn't any more.Ah, let's see now. What's the big story of the day In Moncton?Wow! The New Brunswick Liquor board is going to sell beer at Quebec…
How not to fund infrastructure
Recycling is supposed to be a good thing, so when the federal Liberals quietly announced that “asset recycling” would be part of their strategy for meeting their much-ballyhooed infrastructure promises,…
How B.C.’s Climate Plan is Being Co-opted by Big Oil
This is the second of a four-part series on B.C.’s climate action plan. Part One addresses B.C.’s GHG reduction targets. Part Two addresses how that plan is at risk of…
The Left After Leave
Photo by Sam Greenhalgh In a debate that was, from the beginning, dominated on both sides by the Right, there was only ever going to be one winner in last…
From the Tar Sands to ‘Green Jobs’? Work and Ecological Justice
Photo by Fibonacci Blue The ecological and social implications of climate change have – or should – become a central parameter for all discussions of work and capitalism. It is…
The Day America Died
Let’s see … add 1 racist Presidential candidate … meet in a state that has ‘open gun’ laws … allow everyone to get together in a powder keg situation ……
New column day
Here (via PressReader), questioning why so many of our political leaders spend so much time talking about pipelines which are neither economically necessary nor environmentally sustainable.For further reading...- J. David…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Dani Rodrik comments on the need for a far more clear set of policy prescriptions for left-wing political parties to present as an…