Trumpism in Canada, Part 1: Ontario
You might be shocked to hear this, but Donald J. Trump is not popular politically in Canada. In fact, according to any poll he isn’t popular almost anywhere, including within…
2016
General Ignorance: Economic Version #nlpoli
Of all the people in Canada who know something about the Equalization system,. none of them sit in the House of Assembly. Item: Kevin Hutchings, a former cabinet minister, asked…
The glass house of Ontario’s Conservatives.
Somebody in the Ontario Conservative party is going to have to take Ottawa-Vanier PC candidate André Morin aside and read the riot act to him. The guy thinks he is…
ARGH! That’s not what supporting trans people looks like!!
On today’s issue of “you’re doing it wrong,” WWE Superstar “Goldust” announces that their trans stepchild was attacked by young white men–and both his statements and the article covering them…
Trumpism in Canada, Part 1: Ontario
You might be shocked to hear this, but Donald J. Trump is not popular politically in Canada. In fact, according to any poll he isn’t popular almost anywhere, including within…
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and the Rise of The Resistance
It's easy to understand why so many Americans are so depressed, or so angry, at the thought of a Donald Trump government.Having any one of those deplorables in the situation…
Burnt my toast again. Thanks Rachel Notley
It’s something of a trope here in Alberta to blame our Premier for stuff she couldn’t possibly be responsible for. Many of her critics will, in all seriousness, blame her…
The Trump Election #nlpoli
All you will ever need in order to understand the recent American presidential election is contained in this little chart. It appeared within about 24 hours of the polls closing…
The Travesty of the Electoral College
Of the myriad outrages that define last week’s United States presidential election — namely, the elevation of scandal over policy, of demagoguery over competence, of unabashed sexism and racism and…
Charles Taylor on the Crises of Democracy
Charles Taylor gave a lecture on the “Crises of Democracy” two years ago, as part of a “Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity” program where he explores the very…
Fall street leaf cleaning to begin this week
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin November 14, 2016 With the majority of our tree canopy now bare, City crews will begin to sweep and clear leaves from streets starting this…
Nov. 14: At the going down of the sun, we will remember them…
…..yeah….sure….. This story did not appear in the irving press, of course. It appeared a day ago on CBC news. Canadian troops are in Mosul, the city being attacked by…
The Future is Clean & Electric – No Need to Expand Ontario’s Natural Gas Delivery System
The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor of the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. It was published on Sunday, November 20th, online as: “Don’t expand reach of natural gas.”…
Fall street leaf cleaning to begin this week
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin November 14, 2016 With the majority of our tree canopy now bare, City crews will begin to sweep and clear leaves from streets starting this…
A few Canadian candids captured during the results of the US Election
I was tuned in to CBC while the results were rolling in and shortly before Clinton’s campaign manager came onto the stage to send everyone home, Mark Critch (right hand…
The Future is Clean & Electric – No Need to Expand Ontario’s Natural Gas Delivery System
The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor of the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. At this time, it has not been published. —– Re: “Natural gas: most important investment…
Donald Trump fans in Ottawa-Vanier
…where, unhelpfully for my good friend Kid Kodak, a by-election is taking place this week. Oops! I think the PCs are going to lose Ottawa Vanier. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/i60Xp1D1WD — Warren…
Let’s Not Be Under any Illusions. Alt.Right Lives and It Will Have a Voice in Trump’s White House.
I’ve been using the word “AmeriKa” to refer to Trumpland. Now it seems I might be infringing on somebody else’s intellectual property rights. Kinsella found this handbill plastered on what…
The Neoliberal Racket
George Monbiot traces the origins of neoliberalism and how to seized control of political and economic thought in the West eventually leading to the election of Donald Trump. At a…
Too Bold A Halloween Costume
The University of Regina has quite a few exchange students. They pay more than a bit to study here in Canada too. One picked a stereotype to make fun of…