Trudeau on Forest Fire Tragedy
The Prime Minister spoke about forest fires’ connection to climate change at a community affected by a massive evacuation due in part to climate change. “The reality of climate change…
2016
One year ago today the NDP won in Alberta. The next day hell froze over.
The attention of most Albertans this week is rightfully focused on the wildfires that are raging through northern Alberta and the more than 80,000 residents of Fort McMurray who have…
I am not attending Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival this year. Here’s why.
I’ve attended Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT film festival for years. I think I know Toronto queer film audiences very well, what they’ve seen and what else they may wish to…
I am not attending Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival this year. Here’s why.
I've attended Toronto's Inside Out LGBT film festival for years. I think I know Toronto queer film audiences very well, what they've seen and what else they may wish to…
I am not attending Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival this year. Here’s why.
I've attended Toronto's Inside Out LGBT film festival for years. I think I know Toronto queer film audiences very well, what they've seen and what else they may wish to…
Twitterpocalypse
Writer’s note: Most of the Twitter handles are invented. And if the reverse chronology is a problem, you may prefer to start this short story at the beginning, but I…
I’m Sorry, But It’s Terminal
It's death watch for the oil giants - BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Total. A report released by the prestigious British think tank, Chatham House, concludes that the 20th century business…
Nothing Brings Out the Straw Men Like a Wildfire
There are a lot of curious minds who are denouncing "lefties" for gloating over the fate that has befallen Fort McMurray from early season wildfires. Kinsella did it yesterday. Even…
It’s "Git Yer Load On" Day in Deutschland
Today is Father's Day (Vatertag) in Germany. This is the day when male Germans tend to get wrecked. I once had an old law professor, Tom Feeney, who told his…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jim Dwyer writes about the cumulative effect a childhood in poverty has on individual development. And Lee Elliot Major calls out the self-perpetuating…
New column day
Here, contrasting Brad Wall's giveaway of public money to subsidize take-out meals against his choice to make healthy food less accessible to the people who need it most in Saskatoon's…
It’s Saudi-Fest in Ottawa.
Saudi Arabia is out to stage a facelift in Canada. Somehow the kingdom got word that Canadians weren't exactly fond of it or its ways. Now we know that they…
Will A Change Of Tone Be All It Takes?
Over at Northern Reflections today, Owen has a timely reminder via Henry Giroux of what Donald Trump really stands for: fascism, hatred, bigotry and exclusion. I noted in my response…
Word From the Top
What does God make of Donald Trump's GOP blitzkrieg? Stephen Harper asks:
Optimists Are Rebels
Grant Morrison is one of the best comic writers and he has a refreshing take to how rebels ought to act: be optimistic. That’s right the greatest rebellion one can…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Thursday May 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on May 5, 2016 at 6:09am…
With only a little hypocrisy.
There are sunny days and there are also easy days. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had one of those easy days recently. All our PM had to do was go to…
We’ve Forgotten Recent History
Now that Donald Trump has become the one and only Republican candidate for president, it's worth returning to a column that Henry Giroux wrote in December of last year. Its…