Naomi Klein Has It Right – But Only To a Point.
How frustrating it must be. You've finally identified the disease that plagues you but there's no medicine for it and you haven't got nearly enough time left on this mortal…
2016
Another Reason Trudeau Should Think Twice Before Doubling-Down on a Bad Bet – Bitumen
Michael Ignatieff called it "the beating heart of the Canadian economy for the 21st century." Fortunately for the Liberals - and Canada - Iggy has gone back to Harvard.Iggy's successor,…
The NDP – What’ll It Be, Rut or Renaissance?
With the New Dem's convention underway in Edmonton, it's a good time to revisit Murray Dobbin's musings on his party's perilous path forward first published last week in The Tyee.…
What’s wrong with this picture?
What’s really wrong is that BC Hydro has been spending billions on new capacity but producing less power. Demand has not grown since 2005 but purchases from IPPs, between FY…
What’s wrong with this picture?
What's really wrong is that BC Hydro has been spending billions on new capacity but producing less power. Demand has not grown since 2005 but purchases from IPPs, between FY…
What’s wrong with this picture?
What's really wrong is that BC Hydro has been spending billions on new capacity but producing less power. Demand has not grown since 2005 but purchases from IPPs rose 108%…
Hey, Justin – and You Too Cathy. Can This Lady Have a Word With You?
Well, in the eyes of the Trudeau government, black is green, and the struggle to deal with climate change is trumped by threats to national unity. Our prime minister tells…
The Fucking Liberal Government of Canada Better Get Their Act Together FAST On Your Cannabis Reform Promise Cause This Is Bullshit!
Trudeau and the Liberals better start reeling in Canada's uneducated Police forces AND provincial Crown Prosecutors ... this is Bullshit you lying Liberals!!! Police unions across the country are still…
A Business Knowingly Built On Shaky Ground
Leanna Green attended the South Island Aggreggates (SIA)-Cobble Hill Holdings (CHH) BC Supreme Court Appeal proceedings in Victoria yesterday along with 30 or more Shawnigan residents opposed to dumping contaminate…
Things Trudeau Must Do
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to do several things this year: legalize pot reform elections MMIW inquiry get renewable energy products into the hands of people you know If he…
I have the box
Four cats. One box lid.Filed under: art Tagged: box, Cat
AN UPDATE ON ME
I thought it was time for an update on what's been going on with me. Since Christmas, it's been busy! Here's what I've been up to:My husband Jim and I…
Now This Is The Kind Of Story I Like To Read About
The opportunity to report about something positive in the kind of blog I write is rare. For example, while reports abound of corporate theft and paltry remuneration for the workers…
Questions for money, questions about money
Ontario’s Deputy Premier made a big, big allegation yesterday: Ontario’s Liberals deflected calls for a public inquiry into their fundraising practices Thursday by accusing the Opposition of raising issues in…
One week from today!
On CJSW-FM! Listen in, Calgary! (After the show, the band will have swag and records to pass around.)
The Liberal Party is not a movement.
The difference between a political party and a political movement is that a political party has a past, some structure and a future. A political movement follows the person with…
Waiting room
Been waiting around for other people, this week. So Fugazi’s godlike anthem has naturally preoccupied me. Fun video. This is my world.
Sudbury’s Maley Drive: A Case Study in the Erosion of Species at Risk Protection in Ontario
Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to town to announce that the federal government will be contributing one third of the estimated funding needed for the City of Greater Sudbury…
Sudbury’s Maley Drive: A Case Study in the Erosion of Species at Risk Protection in Ontario
Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to town to announce that the federal government will be contributing one third of the estimated funding needed for the City of Greater Sudbury…