Why the Con Leadership Race is Turning Into a Nightmare
The Con leadership race was always going to be a spectacle only a mad emperor like Caligula or Stephen Harper could enjoy.Especially since it was revealed that some Cons are…
2016
Experts Question Ontario’s New Autism Policy In Scathing Letter
(Ontario’s Minister of Children and Youth Services Tracy MacCharles Feeling The Heat On New Autism Policy) The Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) issued a scathing letter to Tracy MacCharles…
Bernie Sanders and the Trouble With Hillary Clinton
For Bernie Sanders it was another day, and another victory. Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, providing his campaign with one more jolt of momentum before the race…
On stage in Edmonton: The tough Rachel Notley who frightens conservatives, and may scare certain New Democrats too
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is not tall, but she casts a long shadow on both sides of the political aisle. She is seen here addressing the national NDP convention…
Whistleblowers and leak activists face powerful elites in struggle to control information
The Panama Papers leak proves, once again, that whistleblowers and leak activists' role of exposing hidden information is very much alive. The post Whistleblowers and leak activists face powerful elites…
On Pipelines – Line 9 and More
After Laxer spoke of his book on the tar sands last Wednesday, Myeengun Henry spoke. He's an Elder and the Aboriginal Services Manager at Conestoga College. His focus was on…
On Pipelines – Line 9 and More
After Laxer spoke of his book on the tar sands last Wednesday, Myeengun Henry spoke. He's an Elder and the Aboriginal Services Manager at Conestoga College. His focus was on…
Tomorrow’s Boston Globe, foretelling the future
It’s to match their anti-Trump editorial inside. Could it ever happen? Of course it could. Trump has shown us all that many, many Americans are in a decidedly conservative mood.…
The Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super-Rich
Photo from Public Domain As global wealth concentrates in fewer hands, the world’s wealthy are shifting trillions to offshore havens to escape taxation, accountability, and publicity. The just-released Panama...
Why the offshore tax haven crisis won’t get fixed, despite Panama Papers
Photo by Kate Gottli For years now, governments, including our own, have been demanding austerity measures, cutting health, education, social and cultural programs – all justifying this hacking by claiming…
Stuff Still Happens, week 14: Rachel’s kitchen table chat
Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government has been big on doing things differently, or so they say, but this week she went back to the tried and true. At a cost…
Using Data to End Homelessness in Calgary
Over at the web site of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, I’ve written a blog post titled “Using Data to End Homelessness in Calgary.” The link to the English version is…
Choose your progressives
Choose your drug policy: harm reduction...#CdnPoli #HarmReduction "@VanAlias: #NDP2016 passed this. pic.twitter.com/D6nkKaTAi9"— Susan Gapka (@SusanGapka) April 9, 2016 ...or harm retention.
Spun out
Sadly, there are far too many half-baked outside arguments being made about the federal NDP's leadership review and how it connects to provincial-level choices. (To be clear, I contrast those…
Are The Toronto Police Re-Victimizing The Family Of Alex Wettlaufer?
I cannot imagine the ongoing pain that the family of Alex Wettlaufer is experiencing. Less than a month ago, 21-year-old Alex was killed by police under suspicious and troubling circumstances,…
Don’t forget Canada’s Minister of Pot.
Canada is certainly a slow-moving country. It takes six years to get the right just to have your day in court. How long it will take to actually get a…
Sun burn #nlpoli
On Friday morning, Memorial University political scientist Amanda Bittner told a CBC Radio audience that the Telegram’s government-compiled list of public servants making more than $100,000 a year served no…
The Sad Surrender of the NDP’s Youth Wing
They complained about the way Tom Mulcair and his party marginalized them during the last election, or treated them like children.They complained about the way they were sent out to…
Pipeline perceptions, percentages and past Parliamentary performance dog NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair in Alberta’s capital
PHOTOS: Thomas Mulcair in Edmonton … shortly before the disappointing federal election on Oct. 19, 2015. Below: Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff, former NDP MP and leadership candidate Peggy…