March 2017
More Reasons To Boycott U.S Travel
I have no regrets about my recent decision to boycott travel to the United States as long as the Trump regime, dominated as it is by paranoid exclusions and hate-mongering…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday March 14, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. For more information on employment law, family law, wills, estates,…
They’re All Lunatics
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its analysis of Trumpcare. It concludes that, by next year, fourteen million of the twenty million Americans who now have healthcare won’t have…
Republicans: Do They Have a Future?
Trump won’t be impeached. Yet. A Democrat majority in the Senate and House will be required in 2018.
What happened in Saint-Laurent?
All rebellions have to start somewhere. And it looks like Justin Trudeau miscalculated and let one start in the Quebec electoral district of Saint-Laurent. The riding had been held by…
Richard Starke’s last push – what happens to the Renew PCers after March 18?
With five days left until Jason Kenney wins the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in a landslide vote, his main rival is marshalling his forces. Representing PC supporters who…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Jordon Cooper rightly argues that Brad Wall’s plan to slash education will only doom Saskatchewan to be further trapped in boom-and-bust resource cycles.…
Part Political Theatre and Part Schoolyard Bully
And probably the saddest thing is that far too many people take this kind of clown seriously: Recommend this Post
This week’s column: ten ways you can stop Trump/Brexit
What can you do? How can you – a regular person who isn’t all that involved in politics, and who lives in another country, no less – oppose the unethical,…
March 13: American soldiers? What American soldiers?
Today, my local paper, a part of the Brunswick News chain, has four pages (count them, four) of Canada and World news. A page one flash is that the tiny…
This stuff just writes itself
My fridge claims Iran is violating the nuclear arms deal. My stove was testifying before Congress and couldn't verify. #KellyAnnePolls — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 13, 2017 Always wondered what…
Local workshops aim at transforming Canadians’ views on Israel-Palestine
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is offering two workshops that may benefit Winnipeggers interested in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and seeking more effective methods to discuss it with family and friends. Called…
Comedy Trumps Hate!
This Saturday! Me plus a bunch of really funny people! Watch me be repeatedly mocked to benefit Planned Parenthood! Deets here!
Teck Mining Lobbyist’s Donation to BC Liberals ‘Listed in Error,’ Company Says
Political donations made to the BC Liberals under the name of a prominent Teck Resources lobbyist were actually made by the company and were registered in error, according to the…
Back to schools: Canada’s fish happy with new report, look forward to amended law
Monday, March 13, 2017 Fish across Canada breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the top recommendation from the Parliamentary Committee on Fisheries and Oceans’ report reviewing the Fisheries…
Can you step closer, and speak into my espresso machine?
Quote: Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is suggesting that alleged government surveillance of Donald Trump during his campaign may have gone beyond the president’s accusation that former President Barack…
Is there a socialist strategy in front of us?
Photo by Adbusters In our previous issue (Autumn 2016), George Martell laid out a multi-faceted strategy to take the Leap Manifesto to the next level by giving it an action…
About Televisions That May Be Spying on You. John Oliver’s Perspective
In domestic spying, perspective is everything. No, you don’t have to ditch your Samsung flatscreen.