Expect to resume writing Monday
A short illness compounded by my computer keyboard going dead has left me quiet for a while. I expect to have new working equipment shortly and to resume writing by…
2016
Meditations on booms, busts, oil prices, sales taxes, Albertans and their governments
PHOTOS: Alberta in the spring of 2014. Actual Alberta drilling operations may not have appeared exactly as illustrated. Below: Conservative premiers Peter Lougheed and Ralph Klein. If God gives us…
Podcast: The return of the modernist left
In the past few years, what has been loosely called the modernist left has seen some revival. Whether coming out of the ultimate failures of the Occupy movement, dissatisfaction…
Don’t weep for censoring, right-wingPostmedia newspapers
Another 90 dedicated journalists in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa lost their jobs Tuesday as cutthroat Publisher Paul Godfrey slashed away again in an effort to turn Postmedia into a…
Don’t weep for censoring, right-wingPostmedia newspapers
Another 90 dedicated journalists in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa lost their jobs Tuesday as cutthroat Publisher Paul Godfrey slashed away again in an effort to turn Postmedia into a…
Don’t weep for censoring, right-wingPostmedia newspapers
Another 90 dedicated journalists in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa lost their jobs Tuesday as cutthroat Publisher Paul Godfrey slashed away again in an effort to turn Postmedia into a…
L’Affaire Tom Price: Who is Setting the Agenda in Greater Sudbury?
Public participation in our democratic processes is a sign of healthy discourse in communities. When voices are heard, the community benefits - even in circumstances where decision-makers and others may…
Despite Paris, It’s Business as Usual on Climate Change
Just one month after triumphantly returning from the Paris Climate talks, it seems that our federal and provincial governments really were just full of hot air after all. “Business as…
Nunavut’s Government – Nearly a Province?
Canada is a federal country. Simply put that means there are two governments for every Canadian and those governments divide up the responsibility for governing between themselves. For most Canadians…
A Return To Sanity
I am currently reading a book by Tim Weiner entitled, One Man Against The World: The Tragedy Of Richard Nixon, and although I lived through that time, I am rediscovering…
Jan. 20: the headlines is actually real news….
Unfortunately, it is very bad news. A potash mine in New Brunswick will close with a heavy loss of jobs that will effectively destroy much of the community. It's too…
Dirty Dig Done Dirt Cheap….
Flint water crisis: 6 things to know about the toxic taps Lead-tainted water leads to state of emergency in troubled Michigan city CBC News Posted: Jan 20, 2016 5:00 AM…
Redistribution, Inequality, and Federal Policy: Guest Post by Edgardo Sepulveda
We are pleased to present this rich guest post by a new PEF member, Edgardo Sepulveda. Edgardo has been a consulting economist for more than two decades advising Governments and…
David Suzuki: Environmental Rights Are Human Rights
My grandparents came here from Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Although it would be a one-way trip, the perilous journey across the Pacific was worth the risk.…
The Austerity Agenda in Sheep’s Clothing
Photo by CUPE Ontario As we go into the New Year with Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government in place, it’s worth noting that the struggle against poverty in Toronto now unfolds…
With the Specter of Clinton Looming: Rethinking Bernie
Photo by Phil Roeder Do Bernie Sanders’ rising poll numbers and newfound willingness to take Hillary Clinton on change anything? They might. The Clinton juggernaut is not invincible; it was…
Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world’s population, says Oxfam
Photo by Alberto Carrasco-Casado The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as…
Gone tilt!
New content on this site has been temporally suspended due to a computer failure and the time and effort needed to reinstall everything on a new one. Normal service will…
What? Who? Me?
Something ages old from Procreate. I was testing some integration from Paper, as I do like the fat pen tool, but Procreate has some nice chalks and charcoals. Returning to…
Podcast: The return of the modernist left
In the past few years, what has been loosely called the modernist left has seen some revival. Whether coming out of the ultimate failures of the Occupy movement, dissatisfaction…