When you fire your campaign manager mid-campaign
It’s never usually good. I was there on the national Liberal campaign in 1984 when John Turner did it to Bill Lee, and replaced him with Keith Davey. Senator Davey…
2016
If Earth Was A Restaurant From The 1990s
One of the big problems with climate change, is even if Europe and Asia manage to create low carbon infrastructure and societies, it’s like a non-smoking section of a restaurant.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Andrew Leach's after-the-fact addendum to his review of Alberta's climate change policy offers an important reminder as to the costs of inaction on climate…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of June 20, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterPot friendly gym, 420 Games eye Canada in expansion plansSmell test key in music copyright casesNew trial ordered for Jesse Ventura…
Turning Beer Into Food
Eat Beer! Help ReGrained Grow – Barnraiser from Barnraiser on Vimeo. Brewing beer requires a lot of energy since it involves heating large amounts of water and tossing in a…
EC group at CAPE – pay attention!
The rest of you need not read further as you’ll have no idea what I am writing about. But for the ECs… Please vote and vote against the 3 resolutions…
Watch out, the "NDP sex Marxists" are out to get you!
Why is it that some people (and rightwingers are particularly notorious for this) think that they can just throw out provocative words and imagine that they are saying something?Such was…
Watch out, the "NDP sex Marxists" are out to get you!
Why is it that some people (and rightwingers are particularly notorious for this) think that they can just throw out provocative words and imagine that they are saying something?Such was…
Vote Reform Primer: FPTP.
The following is an updated primer on First-Past-the-Post voting from the Democracy Papers of 2007. This is the fourth of the vote reform series. First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) voting is an electoral…
Donald Trump: A Searing Assessment By A Legendary Journalist
Appearing on CNN’s Reliable Sources, legendary journalist Carl Bernstein ripped into presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, calling him America’s first major party “neofascist.”The former Washington Post reporter who was…
Is Donald Trump’s Campaign Going Down in Flames?
For a long time it seemed that nothing Donald Trump said or did could hurt him, or put a dent in his polls.But now that seems to be changing.Because after…
A Pretty Accurate Assessment
Now that the House has risen, Michael Harris has given Justin Trudeau his report card. He has given Trudeau quite a few A's (or dimes, which we used to get…
Helping Someone Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
A Guest Post by Donna FitzgeraldAs a caregiver, it’s likely you’ve helped to fill out and assisted with mountains of important paperwork. If you are caring for a loved one…
Helping Someone Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
A Guest Post by Donna FitzgeraldAs a caregiver, it’s likely you’ve helped to fill out and assisted with mountains of important paperwork. If you are caring for a loved one…
The United States of Fear
It is extremely odd to come to the realization that the citizens of the most powerful nation humanity has ever seen, the United States of America, are very much afraid.…
The United States of Fear
It is extremely odd to come to the realization that the citizens of the most powerful nation humanity has ever seen, the United States of America, are very much afraid.…
The United States of Fear
It is extremely odd to come to the realization that the citizens of the most powerful nation humanity has ever seen, the United States of America, are very much afraid.…
Developing a sustainable, diverse economy #nlpoli
When it comes to developing a successful economic development strategy, Edsel Bonnell has advice worth heeding.He co-chaired the team that developed "Change and Challenge," the 1992 Strategic Economic Plan. The…
The Canada Pension Plan and the Cruelty of the Cons
As long as Stephen Harper was in power there was never any hope of enhancing the Canada Pension Plan.Because he always claimed the economy was too fragile to afford it,…
Time for parties of the Canadian and Alberta right to deal with the violent extremists in their midst
PHOTOS: Nigel Farage, leader of the extremist U.K. Independence Party, at the 2013 Manning Conference in Ottawa. That’s former Australian prime minister John Howard with his back to the camera,…