Who is Justin Trudeau?
Damned if I know. Lawrence Martin takes a stab at answering the question, here. It’s a really good piece, but I found the very last sentence bewildering. It’s like he…
2016
Don’t Worry, You’re Getting Enough Protein
Consuming less meat is one of he best things you can do for your health and for the environment. Indeed, it’s so evident that a meat free diet is excellent…
The High Cost Of Free Trade
Despite the rhetoric by our political and corporate overlords about the wondrous benefits of free trade, multitudes of people on both sides of the border are becoming increasingly aware of…
Bernie Sanders occupies the Occupy revolt.
The good news for the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 is that the revolution lives on. Watching the Occupy movement at the time was painful as the young and…
Inside the Islamic State – and Canada
Outstanding (and frightening) investigative reporting work by the Times, here. What I found most interesting was this section: “Intelligence officials in the United States and Europe have confirmed the broad…
The Planet Burning Cons and the Melting Arctic
He liked to call himself the best Prime Minister the Canadian Arctic and its people had ever known.He ordered that the words The True North Strong and Free be written…
Not On His Father’s Terms
There are those who claim that Justin Trudeau became prime minister because of his name. And, in his first month's in office I find myself comparing him -- unfavourably to…
Information for Ontario Liberals
We would have liked to attend the Heritage Dinner tonight, but we’ll be at Leon Korbee’s funeral visitation tonight instead.
Bernie’s Plan B: Run As An Independent
Watching the Democratic primaries, it seems unlikely that Bernie will receive the nomination to be the Party’s candidate in November’s presidential election. Not that he isn’t a worthy candidate and…
Bernie’s Plan B: Run As An Independent
Watching the Democratic primaries, it seems unlikely that Bernie will receive the nomination to be the Party's candidate in November's presidential election. Not that he isn't a worthy candidate and…
Bernie’s Plan B: Run As An Independent
Watching the Democratic primaries, it seems unlikely that Bernie will receive the nomination to be the Party's candidate in November's presidential election. Not that he isn't a worthy candidate and…
Trump the unpopular… maybe not #nlpoli
Apparently, Donald Trump is the most unpopular American presidential candidate since 1992.The Toronto Star's American correspondent produced a lovely article on Friday. It started with the results of a couple…
Can BC Ferry Services be trusted? UPDATED
Coastal communities have reasons to distrust the provincial ferry service and its political masters. One issue is discrimination, because people on saltwater pay onerous fares while inland ferry users enjoy…
Can BC Ferry Services be trusted? UPDATED
Coastal communities have reasons to distrust the provincial ferry service and its political masters. One issue is discrimination, because people on saltwater pay onerous fares while inland ferry users enjoy…
Postmedia’s symbiotic relationship with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation fails to offer much illumination
PHOTOS: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s misleading “debt clock” trailer back when Alberta’s debt wasn’t $10 billion. Now it isn’t $17 billion. Below: CTF Alberta Director Paige MacPherson, telling Okotoks Online…
In this week’s Hill Times: if it isn’t war, what the Hell is it?
The first casualty of war isn’t truth. It turns out it’s meaning. Ipso facto, is “Canada” in a state of “war” with “the Islamic State?” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign…
US Election 2016: Sanders and Trump “clearly owe a debt” to Occupy and the Tea Party, respectively
Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump "clearly owe a debt to the US’s two biggest protest movements of recent years," Occupy and the Tea Party, respectively, argues Alfred Cardone,…
A Forgotten Rob Ford: The Machine Maker
I greatly appreciate the efforts of many of Toronto's better writers and activists to push back against the ghastly effort to recast Rob Ford as some kind of civic champion.…
A Forgotten Rob Ford: The Machine Maker
I greatly appreciate the efforts of many of Toronto’s better writers and activists to push back against the ghastly effort to recast Rob Ford as some kind of civic champion.…