Actions and Words (2016) #nlpoli
The provincial cabinet has known since January – at least – that the powerhouse at Muskrat Falls is only 15% completed despite a huge payout to the contractor.That’s what Nalcor…
January 2017
‘A Wake for the Dreamland’ by Laurel Deedrick-Mayne tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of…
Tonight at the Mosaic Institute
Blood and Honour is a decades-old neo-Nazi group in Britain. Combat 18 is a skinhead group whose members have committed multiple murders. The “18” refers to the first and eighth…
Completely banning police from Toronto Pride is simply wrong
I’m a member of Pride Toronto. Had I known that a vote on accepting all of the demands put forth last year by Black Lives Matters protesters during their Pride…
Completely banning police from Toronto Pride is simply wrong
I’m a member of Pride Toronto. Had I known that a vote on accepting all of the demands put forth last year by Black Lives Matters protesters during their Pride…
Demographic Fairy Tales
Never has mankind’s future been so uncertain. There are powerful forces at work today and we have only the vaguest notion of how they’ll play out individually much less collectively…
World’s eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%
Photo by Jorge Royan The world’s eight richest billionaires control the same wealth between them as the poorest half of the globe’s population, according to a charity warning of an…
Trump to Canadian conservative fans: too bad for you, suckers!
This is the point I was trying to make on Evan’s radio show on CFRA this week: who gives a shit about Keystone when the Unpresident does this? It’ll make…
This Might Go a Long Way to Explaining Trump
Donald Trump behaves just like a person in the throes of severe sleep deprivation. No, this isn’t just casting bones and reading entrails. During the nomination and election campaigns Trump…
Inaugurating the Unpresident: media and protest updates
I will be on with my friends at CITY-TV on Friday to provide colour commentary. I can’t wait to talk about the Unpresident on-air. Tune in! Also, Lisa and Daughter…
Learning from the rise of the right in the global South
With only two days left until Donald Trump’s inauguration, today’s two guests look at the turn to the right that’s already well under way across parts of the global South.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Star argues that a crackdown on tax evasion and avoidance is a crucial first step in reining in inequality. Susan Delacourt wonders…
The Farcical Con Debate and the Coming of Kevin O’Leary
The headline in today's Journal de Montréal just about says it all. Yesterday's Con leadership debate was a "hard evening for the French language."So badly did some Con candidates mangle…
Visualizing Bold Climate Action
There’s so much talk about taking action around climate change that it can be hard to remember what real action looks like. Climate action can take on many different forms…
The one Conservative leadership candidate you could support
Maybe I’ll do a do-over. Hmmm.
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday January 18, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan…
Kevin O’Octopus
A woman I know well used to work with Kevin O’Leary. She and her female colleagues called him “The Octopus.” So maybe he’s like Trump, after all. Anyway. My column…
Donald Trump and the Fake News Protesters
With just 48 hours to go before his inauguration Donald Trump is still claiming it will be a huge success. Preparing to desecrate Abraham Lincoln's Bible.And railing at those who…
Restoring Character
God knows, governments are imperfect and the source of great frustration. Some suggest that the antidote is to run government like a business. On Friday, Donald Trump says that he…
chelsea manning will be free!!!!
This is the best news I’ve seen in a long, long time. Chelsea Manning, the US army soldier who became one of the most prominent whistleblowers of modern times when…