2016
On Unions and Boycotts
The elementary schools in our board have decided to boycott the local paper because one columnist has been known to take a decidedly negative view of teachers. So a local…
Rafe: Old “Left” vs. “Right” divide no longer applies to environment
The old divide between "left" and "right" no longer applies to the environment, says Rafe Mair, as even traditionally conservative voters are now paying attention to things like climate and…
Public Input Meeting on Maley Drive Shaping Up to be a Sham
Details of the Maley Drive Extension Project public input meeting were made available on the City of Greater Sudbury's website today. I recently called for Council to hold a public…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Downward facing cats.
The awfulness of the Ghomeshi trial
Did ALL of the women that Ghomeshi supposedly abused so badly later sleep with him again and send him bikini photos and love letters? Or only the three who have…
Trade Minister Needs to Break Out of Bureaucrat’s Bubble on TPP
Photo by DonkeyHotey Are Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s officials misleading her about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Freeland signed the agreement Thursday in New Zealand, but repeated her assu...
The TPP: What’s Behind It?
Photo by Backbone Campaign It is hard to believe that poverty and inequality could come to such unconscionable levels in a rich country like Canada. It tells us who is…
The awfulness of the Ghomeshi trial
Did ALL of the women that Ghomeshi supposedly abused so badly later sleep with him again and send him bikini photos and love letters? Or only the three who have…
Feb. 9: Let’s start happy
The best column I have seen in a long time in the Irving press is on today's C4. It's by Jana Giles, a grade 12 student at Moncton High. Read…
If you do nothing else today – tell the BC government you support climate leadership
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 The BC Climate Leadership Team's recommendations were showcased to t...
Those Who Would Bomb…
Apparently a good many Canadians, even a majority, would have the federal government continue our bombing campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Let's unpack that curious thinking.It strikes me…
My bandmates are all jerks
What should I give up for Lent? — Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) February 9, 2016
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Alice Martin offers three basic reasons why unions are as necessary now as ever, while PressProgress weighs in on the IMF's findings showing…
A Tiny, Efficient, Affordable, and Inexpensive House
It’s often argued that providing homes to people will alleviate poverty, the problem is that homes are insanely expensive. Many attempts at making cheap house have happened but most meet…
Magical Thinking, No; Progress, Yes
As every critically-aware person well knows, we are facing some pretty daunting challenges; the most pressing is clearly climate change, more urgent with each passing day as we are regularly…
Only Time Will Tell
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/The Right is up in arms. Rona Ambrose calls the changes Justin Trudeau h...
Should everyone have to vote?
Many years ago a senior public relations guy gave a tongue-in-cheek speech to a service club about the people we elect to parliament. The theory he presented was that we…
Justin Trudeau, the New Military Mission, and the Madness of Rona Ambrose
Now I understand why Justin Trudeau took his time before unveiling our new military mission in Iraq and Syria.For it was worth the wait.It's far more rational and sophisticated than…